Emory University is able to provide all Goizueta Business School alumni free remote access to DataPlanet. This database includes over 65 billion U.S. and international data points, allowing users to create customized tables, trends charts, geo maps and more. All this data can be downloaded into Excel.
DataPlanet covers many industries and topics such as healthcare, education, population and income; consumption and cost of living; natural resources, energy, housing, construction, energy, and more. Data sources primarily from government, banking, and nonprofit sources.
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