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Big data: moneymaker and force for social good?

Visitors sit on a bench made in the shape of "Big Data" outside the venue of the 2015 Big Data Expo in Guiyang, Guizhou province, China, May 26, 2015. Picture taken May 26, 2015. REUTERS/Paul Carsten - RTX1EN55

Revenues from big data projects are forecast to reach $187 billion in 2019 Image: REUTERS/Paul Carsten

José María Álvarez-Pallete
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