The gift: An administrated moral force
- By Anne Querrien
- and François Rosso
Pages 188 to 194
Cite this article
- QUERRIEN, Anne
- and ROSSO, François,
- Querrien, Anne.
- et al.
- Querrien, A.
- and Rosso, F.
https://doi.org/10.3917/mult.072.0188
Cite this article
- Querrien, A.
- and Rosso, F.
- Querrien, Anne.
- et al.
- QUERRIEN, Anne
- and ROSSO, François,
https://doi.org/10.3917/mult.072.0188
The gift economy (whether one offers time or money) takes place before one is compelled to act, and generates a surplus. Gifts sustain the associations which advise political power and provide new services. The State appreciates their contribution to the general interest and allows for tax deductions, but forbids their administrators to be waged for their work. The principle of “non-profit” is also active among health and other insurers, organized under “mutuality” management. Nowadays, the private sector and companies eager to claim their “social mission”offer similar services, imposing a managerial rationalization that undermines this third sector of the economy.