Anson Au, PhD
@ansonau.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of Economic Sociology at Hong Kong Polytechnic University 🇭🇰 | digitalization, inequality, networks, firms & markets
www.ansonau.net
www.ansonau.net
Class cancelled because of the super typhoon! This is a chance to try out my new mic to record a lecture. 🤓 Stay safe!
September 24, 2025 at 5:25 AM
Class cancelled because of the super typhoon! This is a chance to try out my new mic to record a lecture. 🤓 Stay safe!
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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
Ten indicators of what’s going on with America’s economy
Trumponomics has begun to hit America’s growth
econ.st
August 28, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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
Game boys were OG!
I'm not saying I crave simpler times. But GOD DAMN I crave simpler times.
July 10, 2025 at 5:24 AM
Game boys were OG!
@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
July 3, 2025 at 2:45 PM
@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
Just wrapped up the Canadian Sociological Association’s 2025 Annual Conference~ the waterfront was beautiful!
July 3, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Just wrapped up the Canadian Sociological Association’s 2025 Annual Conference~ the waterfront was beautiful!
Grateful for this generous and careful review, Wilfred!
Didn't know it's been out for 3 months! Glad having the opp to read this excellent book by @ansonau.bsky.social , heaps thx to China Information's invitation to review!
#bookreview #digitalmedia #china #socialnetworks #socialmedia
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#bookreview #digitalmedia #china #socialnetworks #socialmedia
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Book review: Chinese Social Networks in an Age of Digitalization: Liquid Guanxi by Anson Au - Wilfred Yang Wang, 2025
journals.sagepub.com
June 26, 2025 at 7:27 AM
Grateful for this generous and careful review, Wilfred!
But Hillary’s emails huh
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth disclosed war plans in an encrypted group chat that included a journalist two hours before U.S. troops launched attacks against the Houthi militia in Yemen, the White House said on Monday, confirming an account in the magazine The Atlantic.
Read more: nyti.ms/4c4CueW
Read more: nyti.ms/4c4CueW
March 25, 2025 at 6:33 AM
But Hillary’s emails huh
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From 2010 to 2016 (latest data I have ), NIH research contributed to EVERY drug approved by the FDA
March 22, 2025 at 10:44 AM
From 2010 to 2016 (latest data I have ), NIH research contributed to EVERY drug approved by the FDA
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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.
Professor Judy Wajcman uncovers the truth behind the hype, and separates #AI myths from reality.
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...
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March 17, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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.
Professor Judy Wajcman uncovers the truth behind the hype, and separates #AI myths from reality.
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Repairing storm-damaged homes has grown so expensive across the U.S. that insurers are increasing premiums and dropping vulnerable properties to protect profits.
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.
www.wsj.com
March 16, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Repairing storm-damaged homes has grown so expensive across the U.S. that insurers are increasing premiums and dropping vulnerable properties to protect profits.
I still have $10 of Skype credit damnit
February 28, 2025 at 3:30 PM
I still have $10 of Skype credit damnit
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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. 🧪🧵⬇️
February 26, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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. 🧪🧵⬇️
New research article! 🎉 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....
February 21, 2025 at 12:11 PM
New research article! 🎉 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....
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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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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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February 17, 2025 at 8:00 AM
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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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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Ah yes, his qualifications as recounted during the senate hearing committee included “could deadlift 50lbs”
February 12, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Ah yes, his qualifications as recounted during the senate hearing committee included “could deadlift 50lbs”
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...
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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.
www.mercurynews.com
February 5, 2025 at 12:36 AM
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...
www.mercurynews.com/2025/02/04/o...
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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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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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February 2, 2025 at 12:56 PM
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.
1/
They involve constant border crossings, each now hit by tariffs.
Tariffs raise prices, but the more important thing they do is disrupt supply relationships.
1/
Welcome to Hell cont’d
February 1, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Welcome to Hell cont’d
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Recently accepted by #QJE, “The Diffusion of New Technologies,” by Kalyani (@aakashkalyani.bsky.social), Bloom (@nickbloom.bsky.social), Carvalho, Hassan, Lerner, and Tahoun: doi.org/10.1093/qje/...
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
doi.org
January 20, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Recently accepted by #QJE, “The Diffusion of New Technologies,” by Kalyani (@aakashkalyani.bsky.social), Bloom (@nickbloom.bsky.social), Carvalho, Hassan, Lerner, and Tahoun: doi.org/10.1093/qje/...
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
January 19, 2025 at 12:20 PM
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
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:
Meanwhile, Yellen et al
slogging it out at Biden’s inauguration:
January 19, 2025 at 4:27 AM
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:
Meanwhile, Yellen et al
slogging it out at Biden’s inauguration:
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...
doi.org/10.1093/sf/s...
Review of “Chinese 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
doi.org
January 18, 2025 at 12:12 PM
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...
doi.org/10.1093/sf/s...
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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
January 18, 2025 at 5:31 AM
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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1/16
"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...
"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...
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.
www.nytimes.com
January 12, 2025 at 5:34 AM
1/16
"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...
"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...