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I was waiting for him to mention gift economies Isn't Brain's "Australia" basically a gift economy? http://www.marshallbrain.com/manna6.htm http://www.marshallbrain.com/manna6.htm In Australia, these people could completely fulfill themselves, and humanity would be much better off because of their contributions. Creative people want to -- need to -- create. That is their passion. Instead of millions of talented people working in jobs that had nothing to do with their dreams, simply to make ends meet, in Australia they could follow their dreams. The goal in Australia is to encourage and nurture creativity and innovation. [...] It meant an amazing level of creativity and innovation in every product category -- food, housing, architecture, vacation resorts, restaurants, furniture. Whether it was basic research or final consumer products, innovation was everywhere. The innovators had the ability to take their research/inventions/ideas as far as they could.