The Internet has long stimulated ideas of an alternative economy based on reciprocal exchange. To date, the benefits of this gift economy have been largely limited to the realms of cyberspace. Despite the dramatic changes in social interaction and exchanges facilitated by online networking, and the evolution of what may be referred to as a high-tech gift economy, the potential of the Internet to really revolutionize economic systems has been limited, as the gifting involved did not extend beyond the realms of cyberspace. By contrast to this global, virtual, gift economy that has developed...
The Internet has long stimulated ideas of an alternative economy based on reciprocal exchange. To date, the benefits of this gift economy have been la...
