I buy the things I need. If you want to get me a gift, you’re really giving me an obligation.
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Right. But my (well not originally mine) point: Gift seems to just be onerous and inefficient. But serves a function that is quite valuable. Namely, enabling a trusting, lasting, relationship.
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Naive econ analysis/other lay theories < game theory insights, especially when applied to evolved/learned intuitions/tastes.
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