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Ubernomics

Every time you book a journey from an app like Uber, you鈥檒l be providing the company with data - and making one man in Chicago very happy. He鈥檚 an economist who鈥檚 been examining the data, and his findings are fascinating.

Image: A ride-sharing app (Credit: Henry Nicholls/Reuters)

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