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The data economy
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A deluge of data is giving rise to a new economy. Ludwig Siegele asks how it will work
- The data economy: A deluge of data is giving rise to a new economy
- Economics: Are data more like oil or sunlight?
- Infrastructure: Should data be crunched at the centre or at the edge?
- Business: Integrating data is getting harder, but also more important
- Geopolitics: Governments are erecting borders for data
- Policy: Who will benefit most from the data economy?
- Acknowledgments
The data economy
A deluge of data is giving rise to a new economy
Ludwig Siegele asks how it will work
Economics
Are data more like oil or sunlight?
The question highlights the many different faces of data
Business
Integrating data is getting harder, but also more important
The search is on to find “digital truth”
Geopolitics
Governments are erecting borders for data
Data sovereignty is rapidly becoming a big issue
Policy
Who will benefit most from the data economy?
It is already unequal and that inequality could get worse
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Return to centre
China's Belt and Road
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The Belt and Road Initiative revives memories of China’s imperial tributary system, says Dominic Ziegler
- China’s Belt and Road: China wants to put itself back at the centre of the world
- The belt: Chinese investment in Eurasia is not always smooth
- The road: China is making substantial investment in ports and pipelines worldwide
- Of belts and roads: How the Belt and Road Initiative got its name
- The digital Silk Road: The digital side of the Belt and Road Initiative is growing
- The future: Will China sit again at the heart of its own cosmos?
- Sources and acknowledgments