Sunnan wrote:
On Fri, 2006-03-17 at 15:42 +0000, tim hall wrote:Bardic rules of hospitality insist upon receiving food, drink and shelter in return for performance. Gift economies strengthen communities, commercial transactions are satisfied purely by money and so full price is charged."In return for"... doesn't sound like a gift economy to me.
Guilty as charged, it's a trading exchange. cheers, tim hall