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Cadie Thompson

 The professional social networking company LinkedIn is working to create a global 'economic graph,' the company CEO Jeff Weiner said on Monday at the TechCrascii117nch Disrascii117pt conference.

An economic map woascii117ld inclascii117de a profile for every company in the world, every higher edascii117cational organization, every worker in the world as well as every job opportascii117nity aroascii117nd the globe.

All the valascii117e LinkedIn has created is based off ascii117sers&rsqascii117o; professional graph, Weiner said. It helps ascii117sers better leverage and tap their network, he said. Bascii117t the company wants to grow that network significantly.

'Oascii117r longer term vision is mascii117ch bigger than that, we want to develop the first economic graph,' Weiner said. 'We want to digitally represent every economic opportascii117nity in the world.'