Global Financial Regulation: The Essential Guide
by Howard Davies and David Green.
Polity Press, £15.99
ISBN 9780745643502
Times Higher Education review available at: Global Financial Regulation: The Essential Guide

The Chancellors Tales: Managing the British Economy
by Howard Davies (Editor)
Polity Press, £12.99
ISBN 9780745638850
Times review available at: The Chancellors Tales: Managing the British Economy

Lectures

The following are lectures Howard Davies has given as LSE Director:

11th March 2009
Confidence in the Financial Market, Trust in the Financial Market
Full transcript available: Confidence in the Financial Market, Trust in the Financial Market (PDF)
Lecture slides available: Confidence in the Financial Market, Trust in the Financial Market (PPT)

19th February 2009
The Credit Crunch and its Consequences 2009
Lecture slides available: The Credit Crunch and its Consequences 2009 (PPT)

22nd January 2009
CIPR Lecture - Academic Communication
Full transcript available: Academic Communication (PDF)

8th and 9th January 2009
Colloque Nouveau Monde, Nouveau Capitalisme
Full transcript available: Colloque Nouveau Monde, Nouveau Capitalisme (PDF)

10th November 2009
With the Benefit of Hindsight... Lessons from the Credit Crunch
Full transcript available: With the Benefit of Hindsight... Lessons from the Credit Crunch (PDF)
Lecture slides available: With the Benefit of Hindsight... Lessons from the Credit Crunch (PPT)

17th November 2008
The Credit Crunch and its Consequences
Full transcript available: The Credit Crunch and its Consequences (PDF)
Lecture slides available: The Credit Crunch and its Consequences (PPT)

30th October 2008
Central Banking and the Credit Crunch
Full transcript available: Central Banking and the Credit Crunch (PDF)
Lecture slides available: Central Banking and the Credit Crunch (PPT)

15th October 2008
China and Financial Reform
Full transcript available: China and Financial Reform (PDF)
Lecture slides available: China and Financial Reform (PPT)

2nd October 2008
Banking and the State: Changing the Social Contract
Full transcript available: Banking and the State: Changing the Social Contract
Lecture slides available: Banking and the State: Changing the Social Contract (PDF)

23 May 2008
Hay Speech - Is Global Capitalism Out of Control?
Full transcript available: Is Global Capitalism Out of Control (PDF) and Is Global Capitalism Out of Control (PPT)

13 May 2008
IFSB Speech - Financial Globalisation and Islamic Financial Services
Full transcript available: Financial Globalisation and Islamic Financial Services(PDF)

14 January 2008
Private Equity Speech
Alternative Investment Conference
Full transcript available: Private Equity Speech (PDF)

7 January 2008
Oxonia Lecture - The Future of Financial Regulation
Economics Department, Oxford University
Full transcript available: The Future of Financial Regulation(PDF) and References (PDF), The Future of Financial Regulation (PPT)

6 November 2007
Judging the Man Booker Prize - what concerns novelists in English today (and what does not)
Hong Kong Theatre, LSE
Full transcript available: Judging the Man Booker Prize (PDF)

17 September 2007
Man Booker Prize Dinner Speech
Full transcript available: Man Booker Prize Dinner Speech (PDF)

28 February 2007
Harkness Fellowship Lecture - Universities in Global Competition: how well is the UK doing?
Hong Kong Theatre, LSE
Full transcript available: Universities in Global Competition: how well is the UK doing? (PDF) Universities in Global Competition: how well is the UK doing? (PPT)

Articles

The Man Who Owns the News: Inside the Secret World of Rupert Murdoch
Article by Howard Davies
Direct Link - The Man Who Owns the News: Inside the Secret World of Rupert Murdoch

The Times, 14th March 2009
House of Cards: A Tale of Hubris and Wretched Excess on Wall Street
Article by Howard Davies
Direct Link - House of Cards: A Tale of Hubris and Wretched Excess on Wall Street

Bloomberg
Obama: 100 Days
Article by Howard Davies
Direct Link - Obama 100 Days (PDF)

The Sun, 28 October 2008
World is Just Bust
Comment by Howard Davies
Direct Link - World is Just Bust

The Washington Post, 23 October 2008
Five Ways to Fix Our Financial Architecture
Article by Howard Davies
Direct Link - Five Ways to Fix Our Financial Architecture (PDF)

The Daily Telegraph, 7 October 2008
Financial crisis: Alistair Darling should copy Warren Buffett
Article by Howard Davies
Direct Link - Financial crisis: Alistair Darling should copy Warren Buffett

Management Today Diary, 1 October 2008
A rehabilitated Rwanda has banned ethnic references, the French - and plastic bags
Column by Howard Davies
Direct Link - A rehabilitated Rwanda has banned ethnic references, the French - and plastic bags

Financial Times, 30 September 2008
New banking rules: tread carefully
Article by Howard Davies
Direct Link - New banking rules: tread carefully

Management Today Diary, 1 September 2008
George Osborne's too-clever team; Lib Dems for the squeeze; regulators take the rap
Column by Howard Davies
Direct link - George Osborne's too-clever team; Lib Dems for the squeeze; regulators take the rap

Financial Times, 19th August 2008
Lost art of recessionary rhetoric
Article by Howard Davies
Direct Link - Lost art of recessionary rhetoric

Management Today Diary, 1 August 2008
Waiting for Brown's apologia; UK's woes delight eurocrats; avoiding Rock in the Ionian
Column by Howard Davies
Direct link - Waiting for Brown's apologia; UK's woes delight eurocrats; avoiding Rock in the Ionian

Management Today Diary, 1 July 2008
Shirtless in Beijing; Toronto's taxi choice: conspiracy bore or Mr Geography's challenge?
Column by Howard Davies
Direct link - Shirtless in Beijing; Toronto's taxi choice: conspiracy bore or Mr Geography's challenge?

Management Today Diary, 1 June 2008
Politeness Swiss-style; truth about Gordon's 10p punt; Jordan hedges on its sharia rules
Column by Howard Davies
Direct link - Politeness Swiss-style; truth about Gordon's 10p punt; Jordan hedges on its sharia rules

Quantum Magazine June 2008
Single Jeopardy
Article by Howard Davies
Direct link - Single Jeopardy

Financial Times, May 28 2008
The Bank should pick a deputy for our times
Article by Howard Davies
Direct link - The Bank should pick a deputy for our times

Management Today Diary, 1 April 2008
Our boys in Brazil; bankers huddle against the storm; Rose doubles up; Spitzer's legacy
Column by Howard Davies
Direct link - Our boys in Brazil; bankers huddle against the storm; Rose doubles up; Spitzer's legacy

Financial Times, 1 April 2008
Sharks circle Paulson’s Aussie plan
Article by Howard Davies
Direct link - Sharks circle Paulson’s Aussie plan

Quantum Magazine April 2008
In the Balance
Article by Howard Davies
Direct link - In the Balance

Management Today Diary, 1 March 2008
Davos debates the global economy: ski-jump or slalom, whirling Dervishes or foie gras?
Column by Howard Davies
Direct link - Davos debates the global economy: ski-jump or slalom, whirling Dervishes or foie gras?

Management Today Diary, 1 February 2008
How high the Loony?; US's spent consumers; 'epiphany risk' syndrome; leaner times
Column by Howard Davies
Direct link - How high the Loony?; US's spent consumers; 'epiphany risk' syndrome; leaner times

Management Today Diary, 1 January 2008
Too cheap, Gordon; my dark horse in the primaries; Swiss lurch; sterling opportunity
Column by Howard Davies
Direct link - Too cheap, Gordon; my dark horse in the primaries; Swiss lurch; sterling opportunity

Management Today Diary, 1 December 2007
Beefing up French universities; Mumbai rises; Singapore watches; referendum wheeze
Column by Howard Davies
Direct link - Beefing up French universities; Mumbai rises; Singapore watches; referendum wheeze

Management Today Diary, 1 November 2007
Greenspan at the LSE; even Texas cools to George W; New Yorkers weep at RSC's Lear
Column by Howard Davies
Direct link - Greenspan at the LSE; even Texas cools to George W; New Yorkers weep at RSC's Lear

LSE Magazine, 8th October 2007
Judging the Booker Prize
Article by Howard Davies
Judging the Booker Prize (PDF)

Management Today Diary, 1 October 2007
Quite an eyeful at Heathrow; Booker a business-free zone; banking's non-cuddly side
Column by Howard Davies
Direct link - Quite an eyeful at Heathrow; Booker a business-free zone; banking's non-cuddly side

Management Today, 18 September 2008
Wall Street's Woes
Article by Howard Davies
Direct link - Wall Street's Woes

StarMagazine (Malaysia), 7 September 2007
Sex, Infertility, War
Article by Howard Davies
Direct link - Sex, Infertility, War

Management Today Diary, 1 September 2007
My Booker surfeit; Sarko swings into action; French eco-nomics; non to a referendum
Column by Howard Davies
Direct link - My Booker surfeit; Sarko swings into action; French eco-nomics; non to a referendum

Financial Times, 12 March 2007
It is time to consign the industry department to oblivion
Article by Howard Davies
Direct link - It is time to consign the industry department to oblivion

Times Higher Education, 9th March 2007
None of us can relax in this dog-eat-prof world
Article by Howard Davies
Direct link - None of us can relax in this dog-eat-prof world

Le Figaro 5 February 2007
(Article in French) Tout est affaire de choix
Article by Howard Davies
Direct link - Tout est affaire de choix

The Independent, 27 January 2007
Davos Blog -Balls must save us from US regulatory creep
Article by Howard Davies
Direct link - Balls must save us from US regulatory creep

The Independent, 26 January 2007
Davos Blog - Record growth creates a sense of warmth and well being in the snow
Article by Howard Davies
Direct link - Record growth creates a sense of warmth and well being in the snow

The Independent, 25 January 2007
Davos Blog - Whatever you do here, don't mention the war
Article by Howard Davies
Direct link - Whatever you do here, don't mention the war

Book reviews

Howard Davies also often reviews books:

Times Higher Education, 31 July 2008
An Argument for Engagement
Howard Davies, Director of LSE, reviews Democracy, by Paul Ginsborg
Full article available: An Argument for Engagement

Times Higher Education, 24 April 2008
The quest for a New Deal
Howard Davies, Director of LSE, reviews The Conscience of a Liberal: Reclaiming America from the Right, by Paul Krugman
Full article available: The quest for a New Deal

Times Higher Education, 21 February 2008
A Patently Provocative Tale
Howard Davies, Director of LSE, reviews Sex, Science and Profits: How People Evolved to Make Money, by Terence Kealey
Full article available: A Patently Provocative Tale

Times Higher Education, 7 September 2007
Howard Davies, Director of LSE, reviews A Farewell to Alms: A Brief Economic History of the World, by Gregory Clark
Industry in the bedroom, productivity in the mills
Direct Link - Industry in the bedroom, productivity in the mills

Broadcast media

Howard Davies also appears regularly on broadcast media:

The New Paradigm for Financial Markets: The Credit Crisis of 2008 and What It Means, 21 May 2008
Speakers: George Soros and Howard Davies
Podcast and media available at: The New Paradigm for Financial Markets: The Credit Crisis of 2008 and What It Means

Correspondence

Correspondence on the occupation of the Old Theatre

From Howard Davies, by email, 18 January 2009

I am responding to your email of 17 January.

I have made our position clear in my previous response to you on all the points you raised in the first letter and there is little I can add to that.

I am deeply distressed by the reports of conditions in Gaza. Like Professor Trainor of Universities UK, who speaks for the sector as a whole, I have supported calls for an end to the conflict (as I write it would appear that a ceasefire has been agreed by both sides). As he has said, many of the casualties have occurred in educational establishments. Wherever in the world scholars or their institutions are threatened, or their lives are disrupted by conflict, I believe all parties should respect the integrity of scholarship and intellectual and academic freedom and should work to minimize suffering.

I have made it clear that I am content for my correspondence on the subject to be made public.

I have clarified the situation on the School’s investments, and explained that a further report will be made to Council. I think it important that the School should reach an agreed position on its investment strategy as soon as possible. But it would be quite wrong for me to prejudge the outcome of that process, in which students, academics and lay members of council will be involved. That process, to which the Students' Union has direct access, will in any event consider the issues you have raised.

We have set out the position on scholarships and School support for hardship and I note that you accept that ‘the School cannot legally fund an exclusive scholarship programme based on nationality’. We continue actively to seek external funding for scholarships for all students, and especially for those from underrepresented areas. Our fundraising team have met students to discuss possible sources of funding and are prepared to do so again. It may be that the increased focus on the plight of Gaza, which the conflict has brought about, will bring forward new potential donors. The problem is not the shortage of scholarship funds on which we have given assurances; it is as you say the shortage of suitable applicants. If the LSEPSI wish to discuss that in detail with the Academic Registrar and his colleagues, that might be a useful way forward.

We are also pleased to support student initiatives to offer practical medical and humanitarian aid to Palestine. There are also people within the School who can help you with publicity and practical advice on raising funds. These issues, and the question of links with Palestinian universities, can be discussed further as we go forward, perhaps most usefully with the School Secretary Adrian Hall.

We note that your conduct has been peaceful and that lectures have so far been allowed to proceed in the Old Theatre. But, as you will appreciate, the Old Theatre is a central part of our facilities, and we need full access to it as soon as possible. There is a large conference with many external guests on Monday afternoon, followed by a large academic lecture. We saw reports of a plan to hold a rally in the Old Theatre at 4pm on Monday, though we understand that you do not plan to proceed with that. I need to make it clear that a rally in the Old Theatre would not be possible because it would disrupt the academic work of staff and other students. The School is prepared to try to find an alternative venue for the rally if you wish; please contact Conferences & Events as soon as possible on Monday.

As I am sure you understand, the School's prime concern must be to ensure that its educational activities are able to continue as normal. That is what our students have a right to expect. I trust, therefore, that on the basis of what I have set out in these two letters, you will now feel able to end the occupation.

Howard Davies

Director's correspondence on occupation of Old Theatre, 16 January 2009.

Director's correspondence on situation in Gaza, 7 January 2009.

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