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The 30 pages that link to Gift economy, each with the reason it gives.

• AnarchismRelated: Some anarchist communities use gifting to meet needs without pricing every contribution.

• Mutual aidRelated: Its non-market exchanges can sustain mutual aid, though gifts need not be reciprocal.

• HospitalityRelated: Hospitality often gives freely while creating expectations of gratitude or return.

• BarterCompared with: Unlike barter, gifts need not be matched by an immediate, agreed return.

• MarketCompared with: It organizes transfers through relationships rather than primarily through prices.

• Anarchist communismRelated: It illustrates distribution organized through social sharing rather than markets.

• Marcel MaussNarrower topic: Mauss’s analysis helped establish gift exchange as a major alternative to market-centered explanations.

• Economic anthropologyRelated: Gift exchange exposes how material transfers can create enduring bonds and duties.

• PotlatchNarrower topic: Potlatch giving creates obligations and public ties rather than operating as simple exchange.

• Anarcho-communismRelated: It illustrates how distribution can proceed without markets or money.

• CommodificationCompared with: Gift exchange organizes transfers through obligation and relationship instead of commodity pricing.

• Kula ringNarrower topic: Kula valuables move through gifts rather than ordinary purchases.

• Birthday PartyRelated: Birthday presents make reciprocity and social bonds visible within the gathering.

• CommercializationCompared with: It offers a contrasting basis for exchange that does not center market sale.

• The GiftRelated: This broader model applies Mauss’s account to systems organized around gifts.

• Gift exchangeNarrower topic: It extends interpersonal giving into a wider pattern of distribution.

• CommensalityRelated: Invitations and shared food can create relationships that persist beyond the meal.

• CommodityCompared with: Gifts can circulate without being produced primarily for sale.

• Saint NicholasRelated: Nicholas’s gift-giving legends connect his charitable image with customs of giving.

• Trade (commerce)Compared with: Gift exchange can distribute goods without the direct commercial terms characteristic of trade.

• Mother's DayRelated: Cards and presents make affection visible, while also creating expectations around the holiday.

• Voluntary exchangeCompared with: Gift exchange can transfer resources without a negotiated market trade.

• Valentine’s DayNarrower topic: Valentine gifts express affection while also creating expectations about reciprocity.

• Burning ManRelated: Gifting distinguishes the event’s stated exchange culture from ordinary vending.

• The Conquest of BreadRelated: Free distribution illustrates how communal provision might replace buying and selling.

• Larry HarveyRelated: Gift-giving became a defining social practice at the gathering Harvey helped build.

• Trick-or-treatingNarrower topic: The exchange is customary and symbolic rather than a purchase.

• AporophobiaCompared with: Cortina contrasts exchange-based belonging with the exclusion of those seen to offer nothing.

• GenerosityNarrower topic: It shows how generosity can structure exchange across a whole community.

• ShoppingCompared with: Gift exchange meets some needs without a conventional buyer–seller transaction.