44 min

How did gift-giving work in the past‪?‬ Future Imperfect

    • Science

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

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

44 min

Top Podcasts In Science

Hidden Brain
Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam
Something You Should Know
Mike Carruthers | OmniCast Media | Cumulus Podcast Network
Radiolab
WNYC Studios
Crash Course Pods: The Universe
Crash Course Pods, Complexly
Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas
Sean Carroll | Wondery
Ologies with Alie Ward
Alie Ward