Reinventing Capitalism in the Age of Big Data
By Viktor Mayer-Schönberger and Thomas Ramge
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ISBN: 9781549196164
From the New York Times bestselling author of Big Data, a prediction for how data will revolutionize the market economy and make cash, banks, and big companies obsolete In modern history, the story of capitalism has been a story of firms and financiers. That’s all going to change thanks to the Big Data revolution. As Viktor Mayer-Schönberger, bestselling author of Big Data, and Thomas Ramge show, data is replacing money as the driver of market behavior. Big finance and big companies will be replaced by small groups and individual actors who make markets instead of making things: think Uber instead of Ford or Airbnb instead of Hyatt. This is the dawn of the era of data capitalism. Will it be an age of prosperity or of calamity? This book provides the indispensable road map for securing a better future.
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Summary
Summary
From the New York Times bestselling author of Big Data, a prediction for how data will revolutionize the market economy and make cash, banks, and big companies obsolete
In modern history, the story of capitalism has been a story of firms and financiers. That’s all going to change thanks to the Big Data revolution. As Viktor Mayer-Schönberger, bestselling author of Big Data, and Thomas Ramge show, data is replacing money as the driver of market behavior. Big finance and big companies will be replaced by small groups and individual actors who make markets instead of making things: think Uber instead of Ford or Airbnb instead of Hyatt.
This is the dawn of the era of data capitalism. Will it be an age of prosperity or of calamity? This book provides the indispensable road map for securing a better future.
Author
Author Bio: Viktor Mayer-Schönberger
Viktor Mayer-Schönberger is a professor at the University of Oxford and the coauthor, with Kenneth Cukier, of the bestselling Big Data. He lives in Oxford, United Kingdom.
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Author Bio: Thomas Ramge
Thomas Ramge is the technology correspondent of the business magazine brand eins and a contributing editor at the Economist. He lives in Berlin.
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| Available Formats : | Digital Download, CD |
| Category: | Nonfiction/Business & Economics |
| Runtime: | 7.94 |
| Audience: | Adult |
| Language: | English |
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