LSE in print
Be proud of the work of our MEPs
The Guardian, 24/02/2012, p.35, Unattributed
Letter: Professor Simon Hix from the LSE writes to discuss Jack Straw's calls for a return to an EU assembly composed of national parliament representatives.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/feb/23/proud-work-of-meps?newsfeed=true|
The rising tide Tackling poverty and inequality
New Statesman, 27/02/2012, p.1, Unattributed
Feature on Beatrice Webb, who founded the LSE alongside her husband, Sidney Webb.
http://www.newstatesman.com/digital/2012/02/beatrice-webb-business-diaries|
Textbook Guide - new from polity
The Times Higher Education Supplement, 23/02/2012
Gareth Jones, of the LSE, comments on Paul Hopper's 'Understanding Development'.
We need a radical solution to stop Greece's cycle of despair
Evening Standard, 23/02/2012, p.54, Russell Lynch
We need some fresh thinking to snap out of this cycle. So it was refreshing to hear Italian economist Loretta Napoleoni's take on the crisis at the London School of Economics last week, when she called on Europe to "think the unthinkable".
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/markets/article-24037913-we-need-a-radical-
solution-to-stop-greeces-cycle-of-despair.do|
Changing face of Greece’s middle class
The Straits Times, 23/02/2012
“We could be seeing a potential brain drain,” said Dr Vassilis Monastiriotis, a senior lecturer in the political economy of south-eastern Europe at the London School of Economics. “But it’s too early to know its extent.”
Querdenker von der Insel - Der irische Präsident Michael D. Higgins fordert eine radikale Umkehr in der Wirtschaft
Die Welt, 23/02/2012
Higgins, ein kleiner Mann mit weißem Haarkranz und roten Wangen, nutzt seine erste Reise ins Ausland, um an der London School of Economics (LSE) mit drastischen Worten eine Umkehr zu fordern – eine Umkehr von der profitorientierten, rationalisierten Wirtschaft, deren „ungezügelte Kräfte“ den Parlamentarismus und den demokratischen Staat an sich in Frage stellten.
LSE online
Leder: Aflys klimakampen skab det gode liv i stedet (translate)
Ingeniøren - Arne R. Steinmark - Feb 24 at 6:29 GMT denne erkendelse til et opgør med, hvordan vi taler om klimaproblemer, og hvordan vi løser dem. Forskere fra London School of Economics og University of Oxford udgav kort tid efter det skuffende klimatopmøde...
Mentor of Central Bankers Fischer Rues Complacency in New Growth (translate)
La Repubblica - Feb 24 at 5:43 GMT divulges his upbringing in southern Africa. MIT Scholarship Fischer earned his undergraduate and master’s degrees at the London School of Economics. He then won a scholarship to MIT, in Cambridge, Massachusetts...
De jammin' now start
Trinidad Express - Rajiv Gopie - Feb 24 at 5:38 GMT President's Medal in 2006 for business/modern studies. He is an MSc candidate in international relations at the London School of Economics. —rajivgopie@hotmail.com
Australia is the envy of the world
Australian Financial Review - Feb 24 at 5:22 GMT has confidence in Chinas economic management. Khanna, who has degrees from Georgetown University and a PhD from the London School of Economics, directs global governance at the New America Foundation. He also...
Self-interest leads to the trumping of principle
Irish Times - JOHN WATERS - Feb 24 at 4:37 GMT how small Ireland. It was unfortunate, too, that the location of the President's speech should be the London School of Economics, which last year became embroiled in controversy when it emerged that it had...
'What is the world waiting for?'
CNN - Feb 24 at 3:13 GMT balance of forces inside Syria," said Fawaz Gerges, director of the Middle East Study Center at the London School of Economics. "Once the middle class fully joins the uprising, Assad is a goner." Zakaria agrees...
Hoy, jueves, es el día del sexo (translate)
elPeriódico.com - Feb 24 at 2:30 GMT Agárrense. La London School of Economics and Political Science ha anunciado que el jueves es el mejor día para mantener relaciones sexuales. La London School of...
El mundo se preocupa por Somalia (translate)
BBC Mundo - Feb 24 at 1:42 GMT estudio publicado por el think tank Chatham House, la profesora de la Universidad de Brunel, Oxford y la London School of Economics Anja Shortland afirma que la piratería ha reducido la inflación, se ha convertido...
OFT chief to step down later this year
Office of Fair Trading - Feb 24 at 1:35 GMT He was previously Chairperson of the Irish Competition Authority, and before that was an academic economist at the London School of Economics and at Trinity College Dublin. He is also Chair of the Steering
Sanctions make life tough for ordinary Iranians
Washington Times - Marc Bennetts - Special to The Washington Times - Feb 24 at 0:45 GMT of a threat to the regime from within,? said Fawaz Gerges, a Middle East analyst at the London School of Economics. ?The regime seems to have weathered the storm over the 2009 election.? Many Iranians see...
El pacto fiscal del nacionalismo (translate)
Libertad Digital - Feb 23 at 23:52 GMT profundizar en el autogobierno como si existiera un dividendo económico de la descentralización. Andrés Rodríguez-Pose, catedrático en la London School of Economics, ha dedicado un extenso programa de investigación...
Why won't world intervene in Syria?
CNN - Feb 23 at 23:03 GMT balance of forces inside Syria," said Fawaz Gerges, director of the Middle East Study Center at the London School of Economics. "Once the middle class fully joins the uprising, Assad is a goner." Zakaria agrees...
Spiritual service
Philippine Star - Feb 23 at 22:50 GMT he was assigned a task that he felt was beneath his dignity. Having earned a doctorate from the London School of Economics, that young man had come to seek guidance about his future. Unknown to him, everybody...
The musical twosome
The Hindu - RANJANI GOVIND - Feb 23 at 22:37 GMT in, "The choice proved so good for me!" Goda has just completed her Masters in Law from the London School of Economics and Radha is a second year Law student at the University Law College in Bangalore. But...
Strong Regions Equal Strong Countries Says LSE Academic
Manchester Confidential - Feb 23 at 22:18 GMT stands to benefit from attracting new business and private investment to the city. Professor Iain Begg from the London School of Economics said: “Quite simply, strong regions equal strong countries. What’s...
Jews, Palestinians clash in London
J. Weekly - Feb 23 at 22:13 GMT Jewish students at the London School of Economics and members of the university’s Palestinian Society clashed during an Israel Apartheid Week protest. The Palestinian Society protesters created a mock checkpoint...
A grim UK outlook from Brussels
Financial Times - Claire Jones - Feb 23 at 21:40 GMT was the editor of the Central Banking journal and CentralBanking.com. Claire studied philosophy and economics at the London School of Economics. RSS James Politi is US economics and trade correspondent for...
An economics debate in America
The Express Tribune - noreply@tribune.com.pk (Dr Pervez Tahir - Feb 23 at 21:18 GMT the Tea Party. The latter swears by the name of Hayek, who was brought from Austria to the London School of Economics by Lionel Robbins — the creator of the best known definition of economics — in the 1930s...
The Korean government explored the limitations of capitalism and shared insights into what could be done by hosting an international forum on Thursday in Seoul.At the Global Korea 2010 forum, President Lee Myun...
Korea Herald - Feb 23 at 21:14 GMT a philosophical change, he said, particularly concerning the concept of growth in capitalism. Nobel laureate and professor of London School of Economics Christopher Pissarides offered his positive response...
Why the world isn't intervening in Syria
CNN - Feb 23 at 20:59 GMT balance of forces inside Syria," said Fawaz Gerges, director of the Middle East Study Center at the London School of Economics. "Once the middle class fully joins the uprising, Assad is a goner." Zakaria agrees...
Sólo Asia ayudará al desarrollo de Latinoamérica (translate)
El Diario de Chihuahua - Feb 23 at 19:43 GMT es producto de dos años de investigación por economistas, académicos y profesionales de diferentes instituciones y organismos la " London School of Economics", el Banco Asiático para el Desarrollo (BAD), la...
Les patrons ont-ils la "réunionite"? (translate)
Chefdentreprise.com - Feb 23 at 18:45 GMT aux repas d'affaires. C'est ce qui ressort d'une étude menée par des étudiants de la London School of Economics et de la Harvard Business School publiée le 11 février. © Wall Street Journal À lire aussi "-...
Microsoft stopt 130 miljoen dollar extra in Datacenter Dublin (translate)
Marqit.nl - Feb 23 at 18:19 GMT all levels of education to reach their potential through the use of technology. A new study by the London School of Economics and Political Science and Microsoft reveals the development of cloud computing...
The Korean government explored the limitations of capitalism and shared insi...
Korea Herald - Feb 23 at 17:50 GMT a philosophical change, he said, particularly concerning the concept of growth in capitalism. Nobel laureate and professor of London School of Economics Christopher Pissarides offered his positive response...
Kevin Myers: President Higgins lost the right to speak on a wide range of issues once he entered the Aras
Irish Independent - Feb 23 at 17:36 GMT office does not allow. But this is precisely what he has done with his recent address to the London School of Economics. The day before the Government announced the large-scale privatisation of much of the...
La economía latinoamericana depende de Asia (translate)
Inter Economia - Feb 23 at 16:57 GMT es producto de dos años de investigación por economistas, académicos y profesionales de diferentes instituciones y organismos la " London School of Economics", el Banco Asiático para el Desarrollo (BAD), la...
El mundo se preocupa por Somalia ¿bueno o malo para los somalíes? (translate)
BBC Mundo - Feb 23 at 16:08 GMT estudio publicado por el think tank Chatham House, la profesora de la Universidad de Brunel, Oxford y la London School of Economics Anja Shortland afirma que la piratería ha reducido la inflación, se ha convertido...
Brasil pode atingir sua meta de redução de desmatamento ainda em 2012 (translate)
AgroRevenda - juliana - Feb 23 at 15:36 GMT Londres, a presidente da Confederação da Agricultura e Pecuária do Brasil (CNA), senadora Kátia Abreu. Em palestra na London School of Economics (LSE), a senadora apresentou dados oficiais que mostram que...
The best, the only, the incomparable...
Eastern Eye - Feb 23 at 15:29 GMT – He came, he saw, he conquered. Acting legend Rishi Kapoor held the main lecture theatre of the London School of Economics spellbound as he opened the India Society's India Week with a revealing talk about...
Getting there slowly
Financial Mail - Prakash Naidoo - Feb 23 at 14:13 GMT that a lack of political will has left its establishment on the back burner. Joachim Wehner of the London School of Economics, an authority on budgetary process, is not surprised by the delay . “For the leadership...
CEOs increasingly going virtual, study finds
GigaOM - Jessica Stillman - Feb 23 at 14:01 GMT ladder.
The ongoing study, known as the Executive Time Use Project, was carried out by scholars from the London School of Economics and Harvard Business School, and some of its findings were reported recently...
baffling clean-energy scene
The Australian - GREENCHIP: Giles Parkinson - Feb 23 at 13:48 GMT This also was the theme of a group of 20 investors, activists, non-government organisations and universities, including the London School of Economics, which urged the Bank of England earlier this month to...
'Green investment is expected to remain risky for some time'
The Australian - GREENCHIP: Giles Parkinson - Feb 23 at 13:36 GMT This also was the theme of a group of 20 investors, activists, non-government organisations and universities, including the London School of Economics, which urged the Bank of England earlier this month to...
Economy Experts discuss limitations of capitalism
Korea Herald - Feb 23 at 13:24 GMT a philosophical change, he said, particularly concerning the concept of growth in capitalism. Nobel laureate and professor of London School of Economics Christopher Pissarides offered his positive response...
By Yang Sung-jinThe Korean government explored the limitations of capitalism...
Korea Herald - Feb 23 at 13:24 GMT a philosophical change, he said, particularly concerning the concept of growth in capitalism. Nobel laureate and professor of London School of Economics Christopher Pissarides offered his positive response...
OFT chief executive John Fingleton resigns
Money Marketing Online - Chris Salih - Feb 23 at 13:14 GMT year, was previously Chairperson of the Irish Competition Authority, and before that was an academic economist at the London School of Economics and at Trinity College Dublin. He is also Chair of the Steering...
"Ohne gegenwartsdiagnostischen Sex-Appeal" (translate)
Spiegel Online - Feb 23 at 12:42 GMT dem man die Chance geben sollte, sich vom Klientelismus zum Wohlfahrtsstaat zu entwickeln, meint Waltraud Schelkle von der London School of Economics. Auf der Kinoseite denkt Bert Rebhandl über die Folgen...
Another road for Europe: the appeal, Rossana Rossanda et al
Open Democracy - Feb 23 at 12:31 GMT Economics Zygmunt Bauman, University of Leeds, UK Seyla Benhabib, Yale University Rafael Grasa Hernandez, ICIP, Barcelona Mary Kaldor, London School of Economics, UK Thomas Lacoste, filmmaker and publisher
By Yang Sung-jinThe Korean government explored the limitations of capitalism and shared insights into what could be done by hosting an international forum on Thursday in Seoul.At the Global Korea 2010 forum, Pr...
Korea Herald - Feb 23 at 12:12 GMT a philosophical change, he said, particularly concerning the concept of growth in capitalism. Nobel laureate and professor of London School of Economics Christopher Pissarides offered his positive response...
I will quit being an MP for the sake of UP: Jayant Chaudhary
Sify - Feb 23 at 11:30 GMT Maat assembly constituency from Mathura. It may come as a surprise to many but the qualified Economist from London School of Economics is fully prepared to give up his MP role for the sake of Uttar Pradesh...
Vision Opportunity : Full Year Results
Investegate - Feb 23 at 11:21 GMT Board's audit committee. Dr Christopher Polk, age 43 Dr Polk is a Professor of Finance at the London School of Economics and Political Science ("LSE"). He specialises in the behaviour of security prices and...
Il “rigorismo” non è più sufficiente (translate)
T-Mag | il magazine di Tecnè - redazione - Feb 23 at 10:43 GMT Dottore di ricerca in Economia pubblica all’Università Cattolica di Milano, Visiting Researcher presso lo STICERD Center della London School of Economics dal 2006 al 2008 e presso il Luxembourg Income Study...
Full Year Results
London Stock Exchange - Feb 23 at 10:41 GMT Board's audit committee. Dr Christopher Polk, age 43 Dr Polk is a Professor of Finance at the London School of Economics and Political Science ("LSE"). He specialises in the behaviour of security prices and...
Können Online-Kampagnen die Welt verändern? (translate)
UdL-Digital - Karolin Quandt - Feb 23 at 10:39 GMT es noch einiges zu tun. Zum Autor: Johannes Hilje absolviert ein MSc Programm in “Politics and Communication” an der London School of Economics and Political Science. Neben seiner akademischen Tätigkeit ist...
'Little prospect' of surplus cash for potential oil fund, survey finds
STV.tv - Feb 23 at 9:58 GMT oil fund, and certainly not of the size being suggested." Mr Salmond, in a speech to the London School of Economics on February 15, said that £1bn a year, invested over 20 years, would create a fund for Scotland...
Audio: Hedge fund social networks can lead to consensus trading, warns research
Hedge Funds Review - Feb 23 at 9:44 GMT ideas and to look for potential flaws in their planned investment strategies, concludes the research conducted by the London School of Economics (LSE), IESE Business School and the University of Essex. Quantitatively...
Boxerinnen: Kein Rock im Ring (translate)
Badische Zeitung - Feb 23 at 9:41 GMT Fitnessstudio in den Ring steigt. Dennoch ärgerte sich die junge Frau aus Montreal, die seit Herbst an der London School of Economics Sozialpolitik und Genderstudies studiert, über den nach ihrer Ansicht sexistischen...
Heute in den Feuilletons: "Ohne gegenwartsdiagnostischen Sex-Appeal" (translate)
Spiegel Online - Feb 23 at 9:30 GMT dem man die Chance geben sollte, sich vom Klientelismus zum Wohlfahrtsstaat zu entwickeln, meint Waltraud Schelkle von der London School of Economics. Auf der Kinoseite denkt Bert Rebhandl über die Folgen...
Bulgaria to Open Honorary Consulate in Iceland
Sofia News Agency - Feb 23 at 8:34 GMT political science from the University in Iceland in 1984. She also holds degrees in business studies from the London School of Economics, in arts administration from City University London and in contemporary...
Jews, Pro-Palestinian Protesters Clash
Jewish Exponent - Feb 23 at 8:22 GMT NEW YORK (JTA) -- Jewish students at the London School of Economics and members of the university's Palestinian Society clashed during an Israel Apartheid Week protest. The Palestinian Society protesters created...
Stern warns climate change critics
London Stock Exchange - Feb 23 at 6:39 GMT others are doing "nothing". But Lord Stern, chairman of the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change at the London School of Economics and Political Science, said moving to a low-carbon economy will create...
The Euro-Zone's Austerity Dilemma
Wall Street Journal, 24/02/2012
Iain Begg, a professor at the London School of Economics, says he thinks the balance of spending cuts to tax increases that the government has deployed is about right.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000142405297020477860457724152181
9354782.html?mod=googlenews_wsj|
Leader: The coalition's carelessness over the nation's health
New Statesman, 23/02/2012
A study by the London School of Economics (Does Competition Improve Public Hospitals' Efficiency?) finds that while competition within the NHS has improved standards, competition with private providers has not. Providers have cherry-picked the easiest ...
http://www.newstatesman.com/uk-politics/2012/02/nhs-health-bill-competition|
LSE on TV/radio
BBC Radio 4 (24 February 2012)
Today
Tony Travers was interviewed about the growing support for the Liberal Democrat mansion tax.