Democratizing Our Data: A Manifesto

Why America's data system is broken, and how to fix it.

Why, with data increasingly important, available, valuable and cheap, are the data produced by the American government getting worse and costing more? State and local governments rely on population data from the US Census Bureau; prospective college students and their parents can check data from the National Center for Education Statistics; small businesses can draw on data about employment and wages from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. But often the information they get is out of date or irrelevant, based on surveys--a form of information gathering notorious for low response rates. In A Data Manifesto, Julia Lane argues that bad data is bad for democracy. Her book is a wake-up call to America to fix its broken public data system.

Author: Julia Lane
Publisher: MIT Press
Published: 10/19/2021
Pages: 192
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.48lbs
Size: 7.72h x 5.04w x 0.63d
ISBN13: 9780262542746
ISBN10: 0262542749
BISAC Categories:
- Political Science | Public Policy | Science & Technology Policy
- Political Science | Political Ideologies | Democracy
- Political Science | Public Policy | Social Policy

About the Author
Julia Lane is a founder of the Coleridge Initiative, Professor at the NYU Wagner Graduate School of Public Service, and an NYU Provostial Fellow for Innovation Analytics.