Assistant Professor Sociology, Morgan State University, @morganstatesoc. Intellectual, sociologist, political economist. From US, UK, Austria, China, India.
Philadelphia, PA
Joined July 2013
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Larry Liu retweeted
Qiulae Wong, the polished 38-year-old leader of New Zealand’s Opportunity Party, is pitching a universal basic income of $210 per week. She could become a kingmaker in the country’s general election economist.com/asia/2026/10/2…
Larry Liu retweeted
The Marshall Islands started paying a UBI to every citizen through a public trust fund which grew local spending.
Not the first time this has worked -- think Alaska -- and definitely not the last time.
No income test, which means you always earn more with work. UBI Works.
Larry Liu retweeted
The new monthly birth update is out! There is not that much left to say at this point of the year - those figures won't change that much anymore. Bets can be placed for 2027 now.
Great that contemporary music still has great hits. youtube.com/watch?v=hLOheGDw…
Larry Liu retweeted
A new study looking at overall cardiovascular risk after going low carb So many improvements!! Cardiovascular risk has many components we should not simply obsess about LDL cholesterol but look at the wider picture BP, weight, triglycerides, HbA1c .., LOOK ! sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
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Goldman Sachs: "Early Signs of a Tougher Labor Market for Workers Displaced from AI-Exposed Jobs"
- We find that workers displaced from AI-exposed jobs face more difficult transitions back into employment than other displaced workers.
- They take about a month longer to find new jobs and are roughly 10pp more likely to remain unemployed a year after displacement—effects comparable in magnitude to those seen in earlier waves of technological change.
- As in those earlier episodes, we find early signs that younger workers, who are likely more exposed to AI-driven displacement, are navigating this transition better.
-They are returning to full-time employment faster and cycling through fewer temporary jobs along the way.
The AI takes over managerial functions with the end game being that humans end up as slaves to AI rather than the opposite.
This is such a bleak story about what it's like to try to land a job right now. nytimes.com/interactive/2026…
Larry Liu retweeted
The tea leaves say the Nationalist Spring/Summer is turning to autumn. Behind the bombast of Brexit, Bolsonaro, Bannon and Orban was just unreconstructed Chicago School economics (at best) and Borgias style graft (at worst). A decade on, few populists delivered much of anything to improve the lives of citizens, and voters are starting to notice.
The fatalistic assumption that autocracy in the world is rising and democracy is declining was challenged forcefully in three different countries this past weekend.
It's a moment worth celebrating.
Read more: michaelmcfaul.substack.com/p…
Larry Liu retweeted
The labor share of income, which is the amount of economic output paid to workers as compensation, fell to 52.8% earlier this year, Bureau of Labor Statistics data shows. That’s the lowest-ever level, according to BLS records that go back to 1947. cnn.it/3WbUL67
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GOLDMAN:
“.. we are starting to see clearer signs that the AI impact is spreading beyond the technology sector. .. the share of US firms that have adopted AI in regular business functions now shows a statistically significant negative correlation with employment growth ..”
Larry Liu retweeted
JUST IN: Dutch government announces plans to eliminate 25,000 civil service jobs as it expands AI to replace administrative work.
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BREAKING: Microsoft, $MSFT, is offering buyouts to 60,000 workers as part of the company’s efforts to cut costs amid AI adoption, per Bloomberg.
Personnel on select teams in the US, Canada, India, and the UK at a vice president level and below will be eligible.
This reflects ~27% of Microsoft's total workforce.
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An internet where every company has to pay big bucks to Anthropic and OpenAI every month just to avoid destruction by ever-present swarms of rogue AI agents is not nearly as economically valuable as the free internet we've enjoyed up to now.
The proliferation of AI cyberattacks may signal the end of the internet as a public good. We may only be able to use it in the future if everyone shells out big bucks for private security. That will reduce the internet's economic value.
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The Connection between Ukraine and Iran Wars liamchingliu.wordpress.com/2…
Insulin elevated when consuming ultraprocessed food (as opposed to whole foods), which is more sickening in the long-term nature.com/articles/s42255-0…
We’re WRONG About Ultra-Processed Foods 🧵
1/5) A new study in Nature Metabolism compared two meals matched for Calories, carbs, fat, and protein.
The key difference? One was meal with ultra-processed.
Researchers measured metabolic and brain responses.
The results are fascinating.
But almost everybody is getting something wrong...
Larry Liu retweeted
Students worry AI is about to kill their future ft.trib.al/aeFWjFc
