Changes in data - the real-time economy

[neiljthomson]

Two articles in the Economist that are must-reads on real-time data (powered by logging):

A Real-Time Revolution will up end the practice of macroeconomics

The real-time revolution: Enter third-wave economics

I would note that BI talks about data/time relationships in three ways:

Static (unc

• hanging) data
• Slowly changing data (e.g. current employer, home address)
• Real-time da

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