Reinventing Capitalism in the Age of Big Data
Viktor Mayer-Schonberger and Thomas Ramge
Hachette
273 pages; Rs 599
I have been a book reviewer for Business Standard for nearly five years, reviewing books across the spectrum from economics to political biographies and sports. So when BS sent me a book titled Reinventing Capitalism in the Age of Big Data for review, I thought the timing could not have been better, given my recent appointment as the chairman of data analytics for the Congress.
A book whose title promised to explain how traditional economic theory will be upended by data sounded mouth-watering. And when
