One prominent example is scientific research, which can be described as a gift economy.
A gift economy is all very well, but it isn't organized enough for our situation.
Therefore they often desire to refashion all of society into a gift economy.
The give-and-take of the gift economy benefits the entire community.
The most common formal economic model associated with fan labor practices is a gift economy.
Therefore, these societies can be described as based on a "gift economy".
The term is also used in reference to gift economies.
Such systems have been termed gift economy rather than market economy.
But most people try to do as much as they can by the nitrogen standard, which is the gift economy.
Then when you get past the necessities, the gift economy comes into play, using a nitrogen standard.