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Tony Gill - Why Do We Give Gifts?
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Tony Gill - Why Do We Give Gifts?

The Curious Task

December 22, 202152m 41s

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Show Notes

Alex speaks with Tony Gill about the pros and cons of gift-giving from an economist's perspective - just in time for the holiday season!

References

1. “Research on Religion” Podcast by Anthony Gill

Link: http://www.researchonreligion.org/ 

2. “The Comparative Endurance and Efficiency of Religion: A Public Choice Approach” by Anthony Gill

Link: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3400324 

3. “Gift Giving is Better for Society than Economists Think” by Anthony Gill

Link: https://aier.org/article/gift-giving-is-better-for-society-than-economists-think/ 

4. “The Dynamic Efficiency of Giving” by Anthony Gill

Link: https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/FDC663C9C0AC7498C8AD2811CDA77936/S1744137422000200a.pdf/the-dynamic-efficiency-of-gifting.pdf 

5. “Why Give Gifts?” Poem Reading by Anthony Gill

Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hUQBxNO7ofI&ab_channel=UW%28UniversityofWashington%29 

6. “The Deadweight Loss of Christmas” by Joel Waldfogel

Link: https://www.amherst.edu/media/view/104699/original/christmas.pdf 

7. “The Use of Knowledge in Society” by Freidrich August von Hayek

Link: https://www.cato.org/sites/cato.org/files/articles/hayek-use-knowledge-society.pdf