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Assistant Professor of Economic Sociology at Hong Kong Polytechnic University πŸ‡­πŸ‡° | digitalization, inequality, networks, firms & markets www.ansonau.net

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Class cancelled because of the super typhoon! This is a chance to try out my new mic to record a lecture. πŸ€“ Stay safe!

24.09.2025 05:25 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Ten indicators of what’s going on with America’s economy Trumponomics has begun to hit America’s growth

Just a few months ago many investors were convinced that Trumponomics would energise America’s business environment. These ten charts show how that has not been the case

28.08.2025 10:00 πŸ‘ 22 πŸ” 9 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 2

Game boys were OG!

10.07.2025 05:24 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

@bsky.app really needs a drafts feature. My brain can’t write a coherent tweet in one sitting without wanting to tweak and mull it over for 3 business days like an email

03.07.2025 14:45 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Just wrapped up the Canadian Sociological Association’s 2025 Annual Conference~ the waterfront was beautiful!

03.07.2025 14:40 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Philip Mayring had a well-cited 2000 piece on qualitative content analysis (article by the same name) in FQS, and I think Attride and Stirling’s 2001 piece on thematic network analysis basically became the template for it. My sense has always been it’s kinda just thematic analysis but for text πŸ˜…

03.07.2025 14:37 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Grateful for this generous and careful review, Wilfred!

26.06.2025 07:27 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

But Hillary’s emails huh

25.03.2025 06:33 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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From 2010 to 2016 (latest data I have ), NIH research contributed to EVERY drug approved by the FDA

22.03.2025 10:44 πŸ‘ 32106 πŸ” 8510 πŸ’¬ 710 πŸ“Œ 294
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Is AI really taking our jobs? The future of work explained I LSE Research Will artificial intelligence and automation cause huge unemployment? Is the tech revolution going to deliver on its promises of transformational change to wo...

Will #artificialintelligence and automation cause huge unemployment? Is the tech revolution going to deliver on its promises of transformational change to workplaces, the economy and beyond?

Professor Judy Wajcman uncovers the truth behind the hype, and separates #AI myths from reality.

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In America’s Insurance Crisis, Hail Hits Harder Than Hurricanes and Fires Home insurers are dropping policyholders and raising premiums as the costs of repairing storm damage rises.

Repairing storm-damaged homes has grown so expensive across the U.S. that insurers are increasing premiums and dropping vulnerable properties to protect profits.

16.03.2025 21:00 πŸ‘ 60 πŸ” 21 πŸ’¬ 10 πŸ“Œ 3
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I still have $10 of Skype credit damnit

28.02.2025 15:30 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

THIS IS HUGE! A cancer vaccine developed by Yale University and DFCI shows MAJOR promise. Results of an early-phase trial reveal ALL patients with ADVANCED stage kidney cancer had successful anti-cancer immune responses AND have remained CANCER-FREE approximately THREE years after treatment. πŸ§ͺπŸ§΅β¬‡οΈ

26.02.2025 17:00 πŸ‘ 11278 πŸ” 3378 πŸ’¬ 218 πŸ“Œ 236

Econsky socsky

21.02.2025 12:11 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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New research article! πŸŽ‰ my work shows that, similar to how firms offshore profits and operations to avoid tax liabilities, firms also offshore emissions and avoid emissions liabilities by listing in cross-border jurisdictions that are distant from their home jurisdictions. doi.org/10.1002/csr....

21.02.2025 12:11 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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CLOSING TODAY: the Sociological Review Foundation is hiring an Editorial Officer to manage the journal’s review process and support the Editor-in-Chief and team of editors.

Applicants must be based in, and eligible to work in, the UK. Today, 17 February, is the final day to apply.

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17.02.2025 08:00 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Ah yes, his qualifications as recounted during the senate hearing committee included β€œcould deadlift 50lbs”

12.02.2025 02:14 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Oakland resident dead in hit-and-run crash at intersection The collision happened around 7:10 p.m. Monday near the entrance to Children’s Fairyland.

Shocked and in disbelief that Professor Michael Burawoy was killed in a hit and run. He was a pillar of the discipline.

www.mercurynews.com/2025/02/04/o...

05.02.2025 00:36 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Modern supply chains don't look like trade theory 101!

They involve constant border crossings, each now hit by tariffs.

Tariffs raise prices, but the more important thing they do is disrupt supply relationships.

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02.02.2025 12:56 πŸ‘ 1067 πŸ” 396 πŸ’¬ 35 πŸ“Œ 67

Could you do it?

02.02.2025 17:34 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

This hurts! We need better vetting mechanisms to assess whether folks are qualified to teach something in unis.

01.02.2025 11:16 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Welcome to Hell cont’d

01.02.2025 01:45 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Welcome to hell

22.01.2025 01:03 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The Diffusion of New Technologies* Abstract. We identify phrases associated with novel technologies using textual analysis of patents, job postings, and earnings calls, enabling us to identi

Recently accepted by #QJE, β€œThe Diffusion of New Technologies,” by Kalyani (@aakashkalyani.bsky.social), Bloom (@nickbloom.bsky.social), Carvalho, Hassan, Lerner, and Tahoun: doi.org/10.1093/qje/...

20.01.2025 11:20 πŸ‘ 51 πŸ” 16 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 3

IR scholars who use probabilistic annotations like P (A U B) and Nash equilibria but without actually understanding math and probability should be banned. Nash didn't get a Nobel prize for treating equilibria as metaphors and word salads

19.01.2025 12:20 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Trump’s inauguration will break tradition and will be held indoors due to cold weather.

Meanwhile, Yellen et al
slogging it out at Biden’s inauguration:

19.01.2025 04:27 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Review of β€œChinese Social Networks in an Age of Digitalization: Liquid Guanxi” Anson Au’s Chinese Social Networks in an Age of Digitalization: Liquid Guanxi offers a theoretically complex examination of the transformation of guanxi wi

I'm very grateful for Alecea Standlee's generous review of my book, Chinese Social Networks in an Age of Digitalization: Liquid Guanxi, in Social Forces.

doi.org/10.1093/sf/s...

18.01.2025 12:12 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of Canada is pictured seated at a table in a suit and tie with two Canadian flags in the background. Headline reads: "Canada's Plan for a Trade War: Pain for Red States And Trump Allies." Photo credit: Arlyn Mcadorey/The Canadian Press, via Associated Press.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of Canada is pictured seated at a table in a suit and tie with two Canadian flags in the background. Headline reads: "Canada's Plan for a Trade War: Pain for Red States And Trump Allies." Photo credit: Arlyn Mcadorey/The Canadian Press, via Associated Press.

Canadian officials said they specifically want to focus on goods made in Republican or swing states, where the pain of tariffs would affect Donald Trump's allies. nyti.ms/3Wj7zVl

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Economists Are in the Wilderness. Can They Find a Way Back to Influence? Economists have long helped to shape policy on issues like taxes and health care. But flawed forecasts and arcane language have cost them credibility.

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"Free trade is perhaps the closest thing to a universally held value among economists."

The problem is not that "free trade" is in fact a bad thing. It is that most economists don't seem to have a sense of what "free trade" actually looks like.

www.nytimes.com/2025/01/10/b...

12.01.2025 05:34 πŸ‘ 135 πŸ” 28 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 10

Reminder that β€œmasculine culture” was what killed Activision and caused an exodus of their most talented designers and writers to competitors

12.01.2025 08:25 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0