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Conference Call with Kenneth Cukier and Michael Flowers on Big Data
Kenneth Neil Cukier, Michael Flowers, and Gideon Rose

The data editor of The Economist and the analytics director for office of the mayor of New York City discuss big data with the editor of Foreign Affairs.

Video
Foreign Affairs Focus: Kenneth Cukier on Big Data
Gideon Rose and Kenneth Neil Cukier

Gideon Rose, editor of Foreign Affairs, sits down with Kenneth Cukier, data editor of The Economist.

Essay
May/June
2013
The Rise of Big DataPremium Article available to subscribers and site license holders.
Kenneth Neil Cukier and Viktor Mayer-Schoenberger

Everyone knows that the Internet has changed how businesses operate, governments function, and people live. But a new, less visible technological trend is proving just as transformative: big data.

Letter to the Editor
Sep/Oct
2010
Law for the Global Poor
Karen I. Tse and Kenneth Neil Cukier, Tiernan Mennen and Vivek Maru
Essay
Jul/Aug
2009
Tamed Tigers, Distressed DragonPremium Article available to subscribers and site license holders.
Brian P. Klein and Kenneth Neil Cukier

For decades, Asian economies used exports to the West as a means of growth. Now, if they hope to weather the global recession, they will have to enact deep structural changes such as higher wages and increased domestic consumption.

Postscript
No JokePremium Article available to subscribers and site license holders.
Kenneth Neil Cukier

Cukier's update to his November/December 2005 essay "Who Will Control the Internet?"

Comment
Nov/Dec
2005
Who Will Control the Internet?Premium Article available to subscribers and site license holders.
Kenneth Neil Cukier

Foreign governments want control of the Internet transferred from an American NGO to an international institution. Washington has responded with a Monroe Doctrine for our times, setting the stage for further controversy.