How did gift-giving work in the past?

Update: 2023-11-14

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When European settlers arrived in the Americas they found many economies based on gift-giving. Jason talks to Brian Owensby about how this worked, how it didn't work, and how this could have led to conflict between the Old World and the New.

Producer: Natt Tapley

Sound: Pete Dennis

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