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Asli Cansunar

@aslicansunar.bsky.social

Prof of political science @UW | inequality, taxation, public services, Ottoman Empire & Turkey | http://aslicansunar.com | http://istanbultelephonedirectories.com

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Figure 3 from "Why is it so Hard to Counteract Wealth Inequality" illustrates how people with low #wealth are much less likely to have an opinion about #inheritance #taxation than people with high wealth @madselk.bsky.social @benansell.bsky.social @aslicansunar.bsky.social @mhaslberger.bsky.social

27.08.2025 13:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 16    ๐Ÿ” 7    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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"We find that growing unaffordability creates support for less government intervention in labour market inequality or housing and, consequently more support for the political right". An interesting paper by @benansell.bsky.social y.socialโ€ฌ and @aslicansunar.bsky.social doi.org/10.1177/0958...71

12.07.2025 10:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The July issue of @worldpolitics.bsky.social is out! Learn about #DemocraticSocialist #PoliticalParty strategies, participatory institutions, #WealthInequality, #migrants and #socialsecurity coordination, and #Kissinger and #SoftPower. muse.jhu.edu/issue/55120 #Inequality #Capitalism

08.07.2025 13:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

Yay! @madselk.bsky.social, @benansell.bsky.social, @mhaslberger.bsky.social, @aslicansunar.bsky.social, Laure Bokobza, and my piece on ๐™ฌ๐™๐™ฎ ๐™ž๐™จ ๐™ž๐™ฉ ๐™จ๐™ค ๐™๐™–๐™ง๐™™ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™˜๐™ค๐™ช๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™š๐™ง๐™–๐™˜๐™ฉ ๐™ฌ๐™š๐™–๐™ก๐™ฉ๐™ ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™š๐™ฆ๐™ช๐™–๐™ก๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ฎ is out in @worldpolitics.bsky.social!

Find it here: muse.jhu.edu/article/964464

08.07.2025 15:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 56    ๐Ÿ” 16    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Our article (with @madselk.bsky.social, @jacobnyrup.bsky.social, @benansell.bsky.social, @aslicansunar.bsky.social, and Laure Bokobza) on why it is so hard to counteract wealth inequality through inheritance taxation is out in @worldpolitics.bsky.social!

09.07.2025 08:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 30    ๐Ÿ” 11    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Had a great time presenting my work at Toulouse School of Economics! Grateful for all the thoughtful comments and feedback. Iโ€™m excited to push the project forward! ๐Ÿฉต

11.06.2025 16:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Had a great time giving a guest talk at University of Washington International Security Colloquium. Grateful for kind invitation, insightful discussion, awesome Seattle weather. Big thanks to the Dept of Polisci and @aslicansunar.bsky.social for hosting me at the campus ๐Ÿ™

14.05.2025 02:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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One of the best parts about teaching PhD courses: I get to nerd out about what I love ๐Ÿšž๐Ÿš‚

27.09.2024 22:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

๐ŸŽ‰๐Ÿฅณ

15.12.2023 21:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Using only a restaurant, tell us where you went to college!

29.11.2023 02:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Your pet | what theyโ€™re named after

21.09.2023 02:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 10    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Thank you! Bunch of working papers coming out soon using this data, I am so excited ๐Ÿ˜Šโ˜Ž๏ธ

20.09.2023 19:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I would love to be added, many thanks!

19.09.2023 18:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I would love to be added, many thanks!

19.09.2023 18:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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