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Gift economy
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See also: Wealth Transference | Free | Gift Economy Data | Marcel Mauss
The Gift Economy can be described as free and open information exchange. The internet is a perfect example of a large and successful Gift Economy.
- Whuffie - A word made to embody the reason people do so much for free.
An Economy for Giving Everything Away by Andrius Kulikauskas and David Ellison-Bey pushes economic thinking to its practical conclusion.
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Cyber-Begging and E-Panhandling
- Yahoo Directory: e-panhandling
- Laurie's Implants Fund "Help a girl get her dream C cups, contribute to her boob job fund."
- Craig and Jamie are Poor.com - Craig and Jamie are poor college kids in PA. Help them pay some bills.
- InNeedofBoobs.com - "Help a woman get the breasts of her dreams."
- SaveKaryn.com - She raised $13,323.08 in donations to pay off her credit cards!
- Don't Save Karyn.com - ...if you give us money, in the true spirit of Karyn, we are going to waste it all on stupid stuff!
- GiveBoobs.com - "Help a girl fill out her sweater."
- Milkman_Dan - Donations for this journalism student.
- The Society To Prevent My Unemployment
- german commune "the givers" actually practise it
- Sharewiki is a wiki website on sharing
