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Author:

O'Neil, Cathy, author.

Title:

Weapons of math destruction : how big data increases inequality and threatens democracy / Cathy O'Neil.

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher:

Crown Publishers,

Copyright Date:

2016

Description:

x, 259 pages ; 22 cm

Subject:

Big data--Social aspects--United States.
Big data--Political aspects--United States.
Social indicators--Moral and ethical aspects.--Moral and ethical aspects.
Democracy--United States.
United States--Social conditions--21st century.

Contents:

Bomb Parts: What Is a Model? -- Shell Shocked: My Journey of Disillusionment -- Arms Race: Going to College -- Propaganda Machine: Online Advertising -- Civilian Casualties: Justice in the Age of Big Data -- Ineligible to Serve: Getting a Job -- Sweating Bullets: On the Job -- Collateral Damage: Landing Credit -- No Safe Zone: Getting Insurance -- The Targeted Citizen: Civic Life.

Summary:

A former Wall Street quantitative analyst sounds an alarm on mathematical modeling, a pervasive new force in society that threatens to undermine democracy and widen inequality.

ISBN:

0553418831 (pbk.)
9780553418835 (pbk.)
0553418815 (hardcover)
9780553418811 (hardcover)

LCCN:

2016003900

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