The USA is classified a consumer economy, and is run by extending credit lines. This means that birth dates, social security numbers, and address changes are kept on national file, and all your transactions recorded in it.
But your social security number, birth date, and address is also...
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trading in credit data
Now that work is automatized, internetized, and outsourced to Bangladesh, we need a new economy. We did create new economies before, so we know this well. We created the 3rd part US healthcare, now 14% of US economy. Then the mortgage markets, another 30%. And of course the student loan...