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data-exchanges

Data exchanges are platforms that aggregate and curate data from multiple sources to enable third parties to generate insights while preserving privacy and legal compliance.

1 chapter across 1 book

Building the New Economy: Data as CapitalAlex Pentland, Alexander Lipton, and Thomas Hardjono

3 Shared Data: Backbone of a New Knowledge Economy

The chapter presents data as a unique, nonfungible production factor distinct from traditional factors like capital and labor, highlighting the challenges in trading data due to its attributes and legal constraints. It introduces data exchanges as innovative platforms that enable secure, privacy-preserving sharing and monetization of aggregated data, thereby unlocking new economic value and knowledge generation. The chapter emphasizes the transformative potential of data exchanges to democratize data access, enhance competitive dynamics by enabling smaller firms to participate, and improve digital infrastructure exemplified by initiatives like the Federal Reserve's Survey of Consumer Finances.