The 2nd most exciting #ASSA2018 paper is this one asking whether #data should be treated as labor rather than capital. Would go a long way toward building an ownership society, guarding against concentration, mitigating inequality, rendering UBI-stuff moot https://www.aeaweb.org/conference/2018/preliminary/1294?q=eNqrVipOLS7OzM8LqSxIVbKqhnGVrJQMlWp1lBKLi_OTgRwlHaWS1KJcXAgrJbESJK9rDhLNzE2FiJZlppaDTCgqKFwwCpgagLQXJKanQowCXDC_nB6p …