How to Use gift economy in a Sentence
gift economy
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In addition to emphasizing neighbors helping neighbors, the Buy Nothing groups build community through the gift economy.
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Janice Phelan,
Kansas City Star,
23 Apr. 2026
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There’s a cognitive dissonance between the utopian hope and love in which a story is created, the gift economy for which it’s intended as a sort of sacred offering, and the materialist reality of publishing, with sales figures and publicity, et cetera.
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Literary Hub,
1 May 2026
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Their focus on old values of community, mutual respect, reciprocity and the embrace of the gift economy is an antidote to the individualistic, competitive and combative discourse that’s prevalent in the West today.
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Literary Hub,
3 June 2026
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Starting in Washington state in 2013, the Buy Nothing Project maintains an app and social media presence that links people giving things away with people nearby who want them — a worldwide network of gift economies, as described on its Facebook page.
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ABC News,
7 June 2026
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Starting in Washington state in 2013, the Buy Nothing Project maintains an app and social media presence that links people giving things away with people nearby who want them — a worldwide network of gift economies, as described on its Facebook page.
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Michael Weissenstein,
Los Angeles Times,
9 June 2026
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