David Graeber on the "Free Gift"
David Graeber, Debt: The First 5,000 Years
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11.22.2011
Is it possible to give a truly selfless gift? Anthropologist David Graeber says it's not only impossible, the entire idea of a "free gift" is only a construct born in opposition to impersonal market economies.
In this interview with Steve Paulson, Graeber takes us on a giving tour of Iceland, the US West Coast and Viking history.



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it's Mauss
... not "Mouse" or "Moose"
just fyi
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