Urban studies @ Rutgers Housing; Urban development; Real estate finance; Political economy; New technology

Joined September 2020
I show how “fake equity” reshapes urban development, hides risk, and deepens the financialization of China’s housing system — with big implications for governance and inequality. 📄 If you’re interested in housing, finance, this one’s for you. doi.org/10.1080/00130095.202…
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Online first: Financialization versus technologization: Can technology replace finance in global hegemony? - Ang Liu, 2025 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.… “This paper argues that technologization remains structurally embedded within financialized circuits of capital accumulation rather than achieving systemic independence. The rise of digital finance, venture capital, and high-frequency trading exemplifies how financial markets dictate the trajectory of technological development, prioritizing short-term financial gains over long-term productive innovation.”
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'From speculative dreams to ghost housing realities: homelesshomeowners and failed future-making in urban development'. How viable is state entrepreneurialism as an approach to housing provisioning and urban development? tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…
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Homeless homeownership—when people own homes but can’t live in them due to abandonment, speculation, or unfinished developments. We aim to spark an international dialogue on this overlooked issue in global urban studies. doi.org/10.1080/02723638.202… @urbgeog
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Excited to share my latest paper in Geoforum! 📄💡 We explore the transition from real estate financialization to decentralization, comparing REITs with blockchain-based tokenization. 🚀🏠💻 @ElsGeogPlan doi.org/10.1016/j.geoforum.2… #RealEstate #Blockchain #Decentralization #REITs
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Excited to share my latest research on homeownership and social policy preferences! Discover how housing impacts citizens' welfare and policy demands. Read the full study on SSRN: ssrn.com/abstract=4860606 📚 #Housing #SocialPolicy #China #UrbanStudies all feedback welcome!
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🌳 Central Park in action! 🏙️✨ #Urban #Community #GreenSpaces
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The second theme in the Critical and Conceptual Advances in #UrbanStudies 2024 #CallForPapers initiative is now open: Urban Imaginations and Urban Futures. Visit our website for submission guidelines and a list of suggested topics: urbanstudiesonline.com/callf…
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Just reviewed Richard C. Koo’s "The Pursued Economy" in @SageJournals! 🌍 Discover new insights on navigating today's economic challenges. 📖✨ #Economics #BookReview #Sociology doi-org.proxy.libraries.rutg…
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Pandas don't have particular sleeping spots often falling asleep wherever they are. xitter.cf/shouldhaveanima/status…
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We are still running our online #survey on #housing type, #affordability and housing satisfaction. Please fill out this quick and anonymous survey for academic research. Help us get to 1000 responses on Twitter. And please #retweet @AngLiu22 rutgers.ca1.qualtrics.com/jf…
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BREAKING: UBS agreed to buy Credit Suisse in a historic, government-brokered deal trib.al/iYdgQuw
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Joint Trilateral Statement by the Kingdom of #Saudi Arabia, the Islamic Republic of #Iran, and the People’s Republic of #China.
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I'm conducting a short academic survey on the #economics of #housing choice & satisfaction. Help me get 1000 responses through Twitter. 100% anonymous. Here's the survey link: rutgers.ca1.qualtrics.com/jf… **Please retweet and help the survey viral!**
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If there is a deeper change in this year’s Party Congress speech compared to previous ones, it’s probably the elevation of stability to an end-in-itself, as opposed to merely a precondition for economic growth. The latter has, in fact, been somewhat de-emphasized (see below).
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A major moment for the Olin and WashU community — congratulations to Olin's Philip Dybvig on being awarded the 2022 @NobelPrize  in economic sciences. Get the full story: bit.ly/3CLakW5 #NobelPrize #Olin #PhillipDybvig
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