The economic anthropology in the late 20th and early 21st centuries: the economics of gift

The new line of research - the economics of gift - spreads quickly in the society thanks to the Internet. The author compares the role of disinterested gift-giving in the traditional and modern-day societies and analyses the problem of gift-giving as a whole and its relation with the emotional relationships between people. The articles emphasises the fundamental importance of the issue for industrial society to function.