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My alternative vision for economics is that we could be altruistic rather than selfish maximisers. I highlight some problems of the current economic system and outline how a friend2friend gift economy could work.</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Altruists International</dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 26 Feb 2010 17:35:09 +0000</pubDate><enclosure length="14.3MB" type="audio/mpeg" url="http://www.altruists.org/static/files/Development%20of%20Altruistic%20Economics%20%28Robin%20Upton%2C%20Radio%20Free%20Brighton%2C%202010-02%29.mp3"/></item></channel></rss>