Data allow your political judgments to be based on fact, to the extent that numbers describe realities.

Eighteen fifty-eight was a year of great technological advancement in the West. That was the year when Queen Victoria was able, for the first time, to communicate with President Buchanan, through the Transatlantic Telegraphic Cable. And they were the first to 'Twitter' transatlantically.

Good analysis is very useful when you want to convert a political decision into an investment. It can also go the other way and drive policy.

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