Congratulations to my stellar PhD student @al-fertig.bsky.social ! Best of luck as you start as an Assistant Professor at the @unm.edu Department of Economics!
When does the internet empower people to push back against authoritarian regimes, and when does it become a tool that those regimes can use against them? @deanyang.bsky.social: "What I love about Al's research is that it asks hard human questions."
@al-fertig.bsky.social #EconSky
UM Population Studies Center
PSC GRADUATE HIGHLIGHT: Graduate trainee Alexander Fertig will go to University of New Mexico next year. We are proud of his economics research with Dean Yang and dissertation, "Technology of Liberation or Control? The Asymmetric Effects of the Internet on Political conflict."🎓
