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Unbalanced data leads to obsolete economic advice

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Few computer scientists and technological workers worry about their role in the economies of their industries and their countries.

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      cover image Communications of the ACM
      Communications of the ACM  Volume 59, Issue 1
      January 2016
      120 pages
      ISSN:0001-0782
      EISSN:1557-7317
      DOI:10.1145/2859829
      • Editor:
      • Moshe Y. Vardi
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