Don’t Be Ashamed, Regifting Is Good Economics

With a healthy regifting economy, gifts flow to their most efficient uses

A gift that is free to find its perfect recipient, however many attempts that may take, is a gift that has fulfilled its purpose. DGLimages/Shutterstock

Regifting is like free trade for Christmas presents. Allowing and encouraging regifting is within the true spirit of Christmas.

Let’s say you want to be a great gift-giver. If you do, you need to 1) desire the best possible life outcomes for your recipient and also 2) recognize that you don’t exactly know what that best outcome is.