@david_yang

Political Economy. Prize Fellow at Harvard and J-PAL. Assistant Professor at Harvard Economics Department from 2020.

 Cambridge, MA
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Joined May 2008
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Wait til 25s when night falls. Civil liberty shines through one of the most impressive urban backdrops.
James Longman@JamesAALongman16 Jun 2019
Check out this v cool time lapse of the huge crowds by @karsonwhy at the #HongKongProtest
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Another gigantic protest in HK today. Do you head the people sing? Singing a song of angry men.
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We wrote this 2 years ago, becoming even more relevant today. China's trilemma in Hong Kong -- paradoxically, protests are absolutely critical to the stability of Hong Kong’s political equilibrium. blogs.lse.ac.uk/management/2…

Power to the people? China’s policy trilemma in Hong Kong - LSE Management

How China can overcome issues facing it's manegement of Hong Kong

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1.03 million (1 out of 7) people took to the street in Hong Kong today to protect its autonomy. Largest protest turnout since 1989! Collective actions are the most spectacular scene that demonstrates the power of mankind.
Natasha Khan@natashakhanhk9 Jun 2019
Stunning image of the protest in #HongKong today (just posted on @AppleDaily_HK's Instagram account.) Many we spoke to said it was the first time they joined a protest & felt a proposed extradition law would so fundamentally alter the city's freedoms that they couldn't sit back.
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After 30 years, a former People’s Liberation Army journalist who saw the Tiananmen massacre is speaking out: "Everyone who took part must speak up about what they know happened. That’s our duty to the dead, the survivors and the children of the future.” nyti.ms/2I23i1L
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We are hiring! Part-time RA: davidyyang.com/pdfs/RA_partt…; 2-year post-doc: davidyyang.com/pdfs/Postdoc_…. Please forward to those who may be interested!
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Chart showing which country appeared most in New York Times headlines every month since 1900: pudding.cool/2018/12/countri…
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“About 6 million Chinese either suffer from or have already died from pneumoconiosis, or dust-caused lung damage that includes silicosis.” reuters.com/article/us-china…
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The brand-new chapter on behavioral development economics by Michael Kremer, @raogautam, and @FrankSchilbach is now online! Heroic piece of work that will help the field set the agenda for the coming years. economics.mit.edu/files/1649…
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Lionel Page
@page_eco6 Dec 2018
The earth’s economic centre of gravity took nearly 2000 years to move to Europe. It is just taking 50 years to go back to Asia.
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The Land That Failed to Fail — a remarkable series on China by ⁦@panphil⁩ on ⁦@nytimes⁩ nyti.ms/2Duc480?smid=nytcore…

The Land That Failed to Fail (Published 2018)

The West was sure the Chinese approach would not work. It just had to wait. It’s still waiting.

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“Maybe it’s no coincidence,” Ms. Lafrenz, now 99, told Der Spiegel. “We are dying out and at the same time everything is coming back again.” nyti.ms/2yXovGo?smid=nytcore…

Can Europe’s Liberal Order Survive as the Memory of War Fades? (Published 2018)

As leaders commemorate the end of World War I, some of the same forces that threatened democracy and peace 100 years ago are resurgent today.

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Cool piece @vox_dev on media bias. "Increasing competition in newspaper mkt has meant that propaganda through the mktplace has become less effective." In response Chinese govt switched to social media for propaganda (more concentrated & directly regulated) voxdev.org/topic/institution…

Prosperity without freedom? Media bias in China

Even in a highly controlled environment such as China, media bias is affected by competition and a trade-off between political and economic goals

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If you are interested in our #VoxDevTalks series, take a look at all of them! A big thanks to @timsvengali for being such a great partner with @vox_dev on these. audioboom.com/channels/49707…

VoxDev Development Economics

Hear about the cutting edge of development economics from research to practice.

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The way most global maps are drawn makes countries away from the equator appear artificially large (because it projects a round globe onto a flat map). This animation shows how countries would look in true size: Via @randal_olson reddit.com/r/dataisbeautiful…
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The capitalist government calls itself communist and teaches communism but crushes students who act like communists instead of capitalists. Students who call themselves communists but act like capitalists are okay though unless they also act like democrats nyti.ms/2NPExM6?smid=nytcore…

China’s Leaders Confront an Unlikely Foe: Ardent Young Communists (Published 2018)

The Chinese Communist Party is cracking down on a group of student protesters who have done little but fight for communism’s values and praise Marx, Mao and President Xi Jinping.

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Such a strange story on so many dimensions...
Amy Qin@amyyqin19 Sep 2018
My take on the bizarre story behind a Buddhist temple in Taiwan that's been converted into something likely never before seen on the island: a massive shrine to the Chinese Communist Party nyti.ms/2DcXpQi
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“It provides the clearest and most convincing explanation of how information is controlled in today’s China. This is especially valuable because most ideas about censorship in China rest on fundamental misunderstandings.”
Molly Roberts@mollyeroberts13 Sep 2018
Very excited to see Censored reviewed by @iandenisjohnson in the New York Review of Books! nybooks.com/articles/2018/09… @nybooks

Breaking Eggs Against a Rock | Ian Johnson

1. A year ago, the remains of Liu Xiaobo were scattered in the Yellow Sea. Over the decades, many gallant Chinese have spoken up for individual rights and

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