Interesting. Acoup.blog had an unrelated post about this. How in certain societies where you can't save up capital (because all things worth were perishable goo

Interesting. Acoup.blog had an unrelated post about this. How in certain societies where you can't save up capital (because all things worth were perishable goods), windfalls were instead gifted to the near community, creating goodwill for when bad times hit. In a similar way, kids could be windfalls turned into future safety nets, but now has to compete with savings.