Name: What is a gift economy?...
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Description: We might say that instead of accumulating material wealth, participants in a gift economy use it to accumulate social wealth. Though some instances of gift economies may resemble barter, the difference is that the original gift is given without any preconditions or haggling.

Nate Berkus

Priced to sell' - just the phrase makes me smile. When a dealer says all the items in his booth are priced to sell, he means he's tagged them as aggressively as he can to get you to buy them. Don't worry, though, I still haggle. You have to. That's the point of a flea market.

American Designer

Kumar Sanu

Who says I haggled for money? If directors like Yash Chopra promised me an amount for singing 'Tujhe dekha to yeh jana sanam' but back-tracked once the song was a huge hit, am I to blame for asking what was due to me?

Indian Musician

Jennifer Coolidge

A man's ability to haggle is never a turn-on. The only thing less romantic than how much you paid is how much you saved. The last thing we want to hear is how you talked the jeweler down on our new earrings.

American Actress

Michael Leunig

So few humans seem to fully exist themselves that I wonder if all this endless speculation and haggling about God is really an exploration of a more interesting and embarrassing question about ourselves.

Australian Cartoonist

Elisabeth von Thurn und Taxis

I have long accepted that an art fair is not a perfectly curated museum show. Instead, it's more like a brightly lit bazaar, where art is haggled over and handled like any other commodity.

German Royalty

Nobu Matsuhisa

Have you ever been to Mexico City and haggled with the locals over souvenirs? Well, in Peru, you had to negotiate like that to get the freshest fish at the market.

Japanese Chef

Angela Merkel

There are achievements of European integration that cannot be haggled over: for example the principle of free movement and the principle of non-discrimination.

German Statesman

Dwight D. Eisenhower

It is far more important to be able to hit the target than it is to haggle over who makes a weapon or who pulls a trigger.

American President

N. Murray Edwards

It's more important to fly midpoint in deals and work together than to try to haggle for the last dollar.

Canadian Businessman

Rachel Khoo

I haggle with French grannies over their old knick-knacks and walk away with some real gems.

British Chef

In some cultures, haggling is expected in markets. Not participating could lead to overpaying.

Cultural Context

Haggling is common in markets but inappropriate in fixed-price stores like supermarkets.

Not Always Appropriate

The word often suggests a friendly, playful exchange rather than a serious dispute.

Emotional Tone

Repeated haggling over trivial things can be seen as avoiding important issues.

Avoid Overuse

Haggling over small matters may leave an impression of being petty or uncooperative.

Perception of Pettiness

Excessive haggling over minutiae can cause frustration and hinder progress.

Heightened Frustration

 We might say that instead of accumulating material wealth, participants in a gift economy use it to accumulate social wealth. Though some instances of gift economies may resemble barter, the difference is that the original gift is given without any preconditions or haggling.

What is a gift economy?...

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 and act like our kid's concierge and personal handler and secretary. And then with our kids, our precious kids, we spend so much time nudging, cajoling, hinting, helping, haggling, nagging as the case may be,

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