Tuesday 17 January 2012

LSE in print

A perilous path to prosperity
Financial Times, 17/01/2012, p.11, David Pilling
Lord Desai, emeritus professor at the LSE, comments on the growth of capitalism in Asia.
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/1d92589a-3090-11e1-9436-00144feabdc0.html|

FORGET the sweaty blokes with [...]
Evening Standard, 16/01/2012, p.46, Unattributed
According to the LSE, the best financial traders are those in touch with their emotions, who become more cautious and take fewer risks, while the worst are those ignoring anxiety and rational evaluation and acting in accordance with 'gut feelings'
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/markets/article-24028295-city-spyboris-solution-for-every-traffic-jam-a-tunnel.do|

Nazi games in context
The Guardian, 17/01/2012, p.28, Tanya Gold
LSE students are reported to have played a Nazi-themed party game while on a skiing trip last December.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/jan/16/lse-nazi-games-antisemitic-acceptable|

The past is another city Richard Shone
The Spectator, 14/01/2012, p.37, Unattributed
The LSE is noted to stand on the area where Clare Market once stood.
http://www.spectator.co.uk/books/7567623/the-past-is-another-city.thtml|

Agenda This week's best talks and lectures
New Statesman, 16/01/2012, p.40, Unattributed
Michael Kimmel will suggest how insights from women's studies can benefit the other sex at a lecture at Sheikh Zayed Theatre, LSE.

Museum must drop West Bank link
The Independent, 17/01/2012, p.18, Unattributed
A letter signed by various academics, including Professor Jonathan Rosenhead of the LSE, calls on the Natural History Museum to terminate its involvement in research with an Israeli commercial firm located in an illegal settlement in the Palestinian West Bank.
http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/letters/letters-museum-must-drop-west-bank-link-6290556.html|

LSE online

How will Games Lanes affect Olympics?
BBC (Web), 17/01/2012, Unattributed
Transport, along with security, is an area of Olympic contingency that is impossible to plan for fully, says LSE transport expert Tony Travers.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-16441912|

University probes 'Nazi game assault'
Yahoo! UK and Ireland (Web), 16/01/2012, Unattributed
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/university-probes-nazi-game-assault-132818756.html;_ylt=A2KLJLCtSBRP5S0AjQHcfMl_;_ylu=X3oDMTNvZ
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...and the bitch that bore him
Telegraph (Web), 16/01/2012, Janfrancis
http://my.telegraph.co.uk/isodfubv/janfrancis/154/and-the-bitch-that-bore-him/|

LSE investigates Nazi card game that ended in Jewish student's broken nose
The Independent (Web), 16/01/2012, Unattributed
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/education/education-news/lse-investigates
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Probe into LSE Nazi drinking game
BBC (Web), 16/01/2012, Unattributed
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-16576048|

Uni to probe anti-semitic student attack
Morning Star Online (Web), 16/01/2012, Unattributed
http://www.morningstaronline.co.uk/index.php/content/view/full/114235|

Best bits: our live Q&A on challenges for government and public sector
guardian.co.uk (Web), 16/01/2012, Arun Marsh
Tony Travers, director of the Greater London Group at the LSE, comments the key challenge facing the UK public sector.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/public-leaders-network/2012/jan/16/best-bits-qa-
challanges-public-sector
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Dutch launch new tribunal for finance disputes
Reuters UK (Web), 16/01/2012, Unattributed
Jeffrey Golden, a visiting professor at the LSE and Political Science comments on the Panel of Recognised International Market Experts in Finance.
http://uk.reuters.com/article/2012/01/16/finance-disputes-idUKL6E8CF0OG2012
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EU democracy in crisis: mired in a perfect storm or rebounding?, Kirsty Hughes
Open Democracy (Web), 16/01/2012, Unattributed
A look at EU democracy notes: Fritz W. Scharpf "Monetary Union, Fiscal Crisis and the Pre-emption of Democracy" London School of Economics LEQS paper no 36, 2011.
http://www.opendemocracy.net/kirsty-hughes/eu-democracy-in-crisis-mired-in-
perfect-storm-or-rebounding
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Is happiness a government issue?
BBC (Web), 16/01/2012, Unattributed
Professor Philip Booth of the IEA and Lord Layard of the Centre for Economic Performance at the LSE discuss whether the government can legislate for happiness.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/today/newsid_9678000/9678612.stm|

Met gun crime unit overhauled to focus on gangs
Telegraph (Web), 16/01/2012, Telegraph Staff
Bernard Hogan-Howe, the Metropolitan Police Commissioner, will explain his vision of "total policing" in a lecture at the LSE this evening.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/crime/9016602/Met-gun-crime-unit-overhauled-to-focus-on-gangs.html|

Reforms dissected in new documentary
Times Higher Education Supplement (Web), 16/01/2012, Unattributed
Nick Barr, professor of public economics at the LSE, is one of the commentators of a panel convened by the last Labour government to review university funding.
http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/comments.asp?storycode=418693|

Nach Nazispielen jüdischen Mitstudenten verprügelt (translate)
Badische Zeitung - Jan 17 at 5:44 GMT den Accesskey + v, zum beenden können Sie den Accesskey + z benutzen. LONDON (dpa). Studenten der Elitehochschule London School of Economics (LSE) sollen bei einem Skiausflug in Frankreich Nazispiele gespielt...
http://www.badische-zeitung.de/nachrichten/deutschland/nach-nazispielen-
juedischen-mitstudenten-verpruegelt
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UK school probes anti-Semitic incident at ski trip involving Nazi game
Haaretz
Jewish student's nose gets broken after he asks to stop the anti-Semitic drinking game at a London School of Economics university ski vacation. By Danna Harman Tags: Jewish World anti-Semitism Nazi The London School of Economics confirmed Monday it had ...
http://www.haaretz.com/jewish-world/u-k-school-probes-anti-semitic-incident
-involving-nazi-game-1.407669
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La transición económica pendiente: acabar con la cultura del pelotazo (translate)
El Confidencial - Luis Garicano - Jan 17 at 5:34 GMT la historia que cuenta Mariano Guindal es cierta, un largo trecho. *Luis Garicano es economista, profesor de la London School of Economics y director de la cátedra Fedea-McKinsey http://www.elconfidencial.com/opinion/tribuna/2012/01/17/la-transicion-economica-pendiente-acabar-con-la-cultura-del-pelotazo-8576/|

Nazi-Spiele bei Studenten (translate)
Grenz-Echo - Jan 17 at 5:12 GMT Studenten der Elite-Hochschule London School of Economics (LSE) sollen bei einem Skiausflug in Frankreich Nazi-Spiele gespielt und den Hitler-Gruß gezeigt haben. Einen jüdischen Mitstudenten, der sich darüber...

In Britain, opposition leader struggles
Malay Mail - Jan 17 at 4:33 GMT game. "Cameron himself is one of Miliband's biggest problems," said Tony Travers, political analyst with the London School of Economics. "The prime minister is a dominant figure, with an extraordinarily capacity...

République tchèque Inauguration d’un site internet dédié à Jan Palach (translate)
Journal L'Alsace - Jan 17 at 4:23 GMT jeune homme juif aurait été agressé lors d’un jeu sur un thème nazi. Des étudiants de la London School of Economics (LSE) auraient adressé des injures antisémites à un étudiant de 21 ans, et lui auraient cassé...

UK students face punishment for Nazi-themed game
Jerusalem Post - Jan 17 at 3:10 GMT Jewish student being attacked, while on a ski trip to France last month. The Student Union at the London School of Economics organized the trip, which took 150 students from the Athletics club to the French...

Britain: Nazi Game Led to Brawl, University Student Says
New York Times - JOHN F. BURNS - Jan 17 at 3:06 GMT The London School of Economics said it was investigating allegations that a Nazi-themed drinking game led to a brawl during a student union ski trip in France last month.

Der Urlaub lässt sich verdoppeln - Mit ein wenig Planung gibt es einen ganz ... (translate)
Fernweh.net - Jan 17 at 2:10 GMT 2012 10:59 Uhr Quelle: www.google.com Sie waren auf einem Ski-Urlaub im französischen Val-d'Isère: Studenten der London School of Economics sollen ein Trinkspiel mit Nazi-Motto gespielt haben. Als ein jüdischer...

Jindal cancels ‘BSE’ funding
Deccan Chronicle - Jan 17 at 1:39 GMT Bangalore University through its VC towards establishment of a Bangalore School of Economics, preferably in the model of London School of Economics, without any pre-condition from the company about the ownership...

Bersani: «Mozione unica su Ue ma non è nuova maggioranza» (translate)
L'Unita - Jan 16 at 21:35 GMT con gli interlocutori europei. In procinto di andare a Londra, per parlare della situazione in Italia con la London School of economics e con gli 'gnomi' della City, ma anche per ribadire a Cameron «la necessità...
http://www.unita.it/italia/bersani-pronti-a-mozione-unitaria-sull-europa-1.372173?localLinksEnabled=false|

Just let China grow
Malaysia Edge - Jan 16 at 21:32 GMT Many take as fact that the current pattern of global imbalances — large and persistent trade deficits and surpluses across different parts of the world, eventually unsustainable — is due to China and the rest of East Asia consuming too little and saving...

Trees near homes boost incomes, sequester carbon
SciDev.net - Jan 16 at 20:02 GMT and, even where there are, the money does not match the lost profits from crops. Researchers from the London School of Economics (LSE), United Kingdom, and the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Zurich...

The future of Europe: what role for industrial policy?
Public Service Europe - Jan 16 at 20:00 GMT horizontal policies that promote competition, encourage innovation and facilitate industrial change. Geoffrey Owen is senior fellow at the London School of Economics, in the United Kingdom. This article is...

Economic Fallacies: wrong-headed ideas about worktime
Juliet Schor - Juliet Schor - Jan 16 at 18:54 GMT there. The London event was organized by the new economics foundation (nef) , and a research center at the London School of Economics (CASE). In 2010, nef did a very popular report called 21 hours calling...

Une école anglaise enquête après un dérapage antisémite (translate)
Le Figaro - Jan 16 at 18:52 GMT La prestigieuse London School of Economics a ouvert une enquête après l'attaque qu'aurait subie un étudiant juif de la part de ses camarades lors d'un voyage organisé à Val d...

Top university probes 'Nazi' attack on that left a Jewish student with a broken nose at drinking party
energynewssrv - Energy News - Jan 16 at 18:42 GMT The 21-year-old London School of Economics student was subjected to anti-semitic abuse and left with a broken nose following a brawl during a ski trip to Val d’Isere, France.
Source: http://www.dailymail...

Nazi-Trinkspiel empört Elite-Uni (translate)
Spiegel Online - Carsten Volkery - Jan 16 at 18:38 GMT Skandal an der London School of Economics: Bei einem Nazi-Trinkspiel im Skiurlaub haben britische Studenten einen jüdischen Kommilitonen beschimpft und ihm die Nase gebrochen. Studentenvertreter und Uni-Leitung...

Blue Monday: 10 ways to make it through the most depressing day of the year
Toronto Star Online - Chantaie Allick - Jan 16 at 18:19 GMT what may be more than just the Mondays. Get some. According to a U.K. study by the London School of Economics, people are happiest when they’re having sex. The study used an iPhone app to track contentment...

China’s reserves and the PBoC’s balance sheet
Financial Times - Claire Jones - Jan 16 at 18:15 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...

Los piratas enriquecen Somalia (translate)
- Lissette Garcia - Jan 16 at 18:14 GMT el desarrollo local”, asegura la autora del análisis, Anja Shortland, profesora en las Universidades de Brunel, Oxford, y London School of Economics.
El informe se basa en entrevistas sobre el terreno, en...

Economic Collapse Peak Oil Exposed Do some Math
Disclose.tv - Jan 16 at 17:28 GMT members do) the CNP is directly connected to Chatham House, the Fabian Society, The Rhodes/Milner Roundtable and the London School of Economics. (Some would argue that all these groups are really the same...

Nazi-Spiele an britischer Elite-Hochschule: Ski Heil (translate)
Die Tageszeitung - Jan 16 at 17:28 GMT Bei einem Ausflug der London School of Economics wurde einem jüdischen Studenten die Nase blutig geschlagen. Er weigerte sich, bei einem Trinkspiel den Hitlergruß zu zeigen. Britische Studis sind eigentlich...

Ένα πολύ ενδιαφέρον ιστορικό άρθρο για τον ήρωα της Αντίστασης, Συν/χη Ψαρρό (translate)
ΜΥΣΤΗΡΙΑ ΟΜΑΔΑ - ΜΥΣΤΗΡΙΑ ΟΜΑΔΑ - Jan 16 at 17:26 GMT οποίο κατά πολλούς φυτεύτηκαν οι σπόροι του ματωμένου Δεκέμβρη.
* Ο κ. Αργύρης Μαμαρέλης είναι Research Fellow του London School of Economics.

Extra, Extra
Londonist - Dean - Jan 16 at 17:24 GMT Clean-up time at the London School of Economics
London School of Economics to investigate allegations that...

Britische Studenten: Nazi-Trinkspiel empört Elite-Uni (translate)
Spiegel Online - Jan 16 at 17:12 GMT Gesellschaft immer mal wieder vor. Unvergessen ist der Auftritt von Prinz Harry in Nazi-Uniform. Was einige Studenten der London School of Economics (LSE) sich nun im Skiurlaub geleistet haben, lässt Studentenvertreter...

Des étudiants anglais jouent à des jeux antisémites à Val-d'Isère (translate)
Yahoo! France - Jan 16 at 17:07 GMT a 11 minutes Reuters - il y a 13 minutes Reuters - il y a 19 minutes La London School of Economics (LSE) a ouvert une enquête sur les accusations d'un étudiant juif qui affirme avoir eu le nez cassé au cours...

Une université anglaise enquète sur une soirée nazie en Savoie (translate)
Le Dauphiné Libéré - Jan 16 at 16:56 GMT d'un jeu sur un thème nazi. Tags OutilsPartagez Partagez : Notez cet article Des étudiants de la London School of Economics (LSE) auraient adressé des injures antisémites à un étudiant de 21 ans, et lui auraient...

Tuesday preview: Time for a Burberry check
Yahoo! UK and Ireland - Jan 16 at 16:12 GMT Sharecast – 10 minutes ago Companies: RELATED QUOTES Symbol Price Change +0.26 520.00 +4.50 10.30 +0.00 1,307.00 +36.00 3.15 +0.00 LONDON (ShareCast) - Fashion chain Burberry has been one of the success stories of the British retail scene in recent years,...

Elite-Studenten verprügeln jüdischen Kommilitonen (translate)
Die Welt - Jan 16 at 16:06 GMT einer Schlägerei. Der Grund: Ein antisemitisches Trinkspiel, gegen das ein 20-Jähriger protestierte. Schon wieder ein Skandal: Studenten der London School of Economics (LSE) sollen vor Weihnachten in einem...

Britische Uni: Elite-Studenten verprügeln jüdischen Kommilitonen (translate)
Berliner Morgenpost - Von Nina Trentmann - Jan 16 at 16:02 GMT einer Schlägerei. Der Grund: Ein antisemitisches Trinkspiel, gegen das ein 20-Jähriger protestierte. Schon wieder ein Skandal: Studenten der London School of Economics (LSE) sollen vor Weihnachten in einem...

Mature age students: older and wiser
The Australian - Sian Griffiths - Jan 16 at 16:01 GMT to do it, you fit it in," he says. For Grossman, who completed an MSc at the London School of Economics (on gin consumption in 18th-century London) after graduating from Boston, the pull of universities has...

Elite-Studenten verprügeln jüdischen Kollegen (translate)
Tages Anzeiger - Jan 16 at 14:14 GMT E-Mail versenden Empfänger (E-Mail)* Absender (E-mail)* Ihre E-Mail wurde abgeschickt. Während einer Skiwoche verprügelten Studenten der London School of Economics einen jüdischen Kommilitonen. Dieser hatte...

Born to teach
Jamaica Gleaner - Jan 16 at 14:12 GMT doctorate before me," she said proudly. Her other son, Dwight Kenwood is a 2010 graduate of the London School of Economics. Hanson-Kenwood is working on giving back. Currently, she is working with New York...

Paul De Grauwe: "Paul Magnette a raison, il faut critiquer la Commission" (translate)
RTBF - mediation@rtbf.be (juvl - Jan 16 at 13:39 GMT ce soit au niveau national ou supranational", développe celui qui enseignera dès le mois prochain à la prestigieuse London School of Economics. Or, il y aurait, "surtout en Flandre" selon lui, "une attitude...

Top British university probes 'Nazi game assault'
Expatica France - Jan 16 at 13:31 GMT a ski holiday in France.Drinkers reportedly hurled anti-Semitic abuse at the victim, a 21-year-old student at the London School of Economics, and broke his nose on a night out in the Alpine resort of Val d...

Skandal an britischer Uni: Studenten verprügeln jüdischen Kommilitonen bei Nazi-Trinkspiel (translate)
PC Games - Jan 16 at 13:13 GMT In der Studentenschaft der britischen London School of Economics kam es offenbar zu einem unappetitlichen Zwischenfall: Studenten sollen während eines Skiausflugs einen jüdischen Kommilitonen verprügelt haben...

UK Varsity probes attack on Jewish student during 'Nazi themed drinking game'
Yahoo! India - Jan 16 at 11:58 GMT London, Jan 16 (ANI): Students at one of Britain's most prestigious universities, The London School of Economics (LSE), are facing disciplinary action after participating in a Nazi themed drinking game, and

Nazi-Trinkspiel: Studenten brachen jüdischem Kommilitonen die Nase (translate)
DerStandard.at - Jan 16 at 11:58 GMT Jüdischer Student weigerte sich mitzuspielen - Die Universität untersucht den Vorfall während eines SchiausflugesDie London School of Economics (LSE) untersucht schwere Vorwürfe gegen eine Gruppe von Studenten...

Best bits: our live Q&A on challenges for government and public sector
Public Leaders Network | guardian.co.uk - Arun Marsh - Jan 16 at 11:41 GMT up of the main points of the discussion.
Tony Travers, director of the Greater London Group at the London School of Economics The key challenge facing the UK public sector is the scale and length of the adjustment...

LSE Students In Nazi Drinking Game Brawl Results In Telegraph 'Anti-Semitic' Slur (PICTURES)
Huffington Post UK - Lucy Sherriff - Jan 16 at 11:07 GMT brawl, leaving a Jewish student with a broken nose. The trip to Val d'Isère, organised by the London School of Economics' Athletic Union, was attended by 150 students. The fight ensued after a Jewish...

TVA sociale : le jeu n'en vaut pas la chandelle (translate)
Echosnoclastes - Blogs - Les Echos - Philippe Waechter - Jan 16 at 10:45 GMT effets limités. Dans un article du journal The Guardian du vendredi 13 janvier, Danny Quah, professeur à la London School of Economics illustre par une série de graphiques le déplacement de l’activité globale...

Jewish Man Assaulted After Nazi Drinking Game
LBC 97.3 - Jan 16 at 9:53 GMT Students from the London School of Economics are being investigated after allegedly assaulting a Jewish man during a Nazi-themed drinking game. It's reported the 21-year-old fellow student was on a trip to...

Dutch launch new tribunal for finance disputes
Reuters UK - Jan 16 at 9:16 GMT the backdrop of financial market crisis and legal uncertainty," said Jeffrey Golden, a visiting professor at the London School of Economics and Political Science, who is on the panel's management board. "The...

Stop and search 'racial profiling' by UK police on rise
NetIndia123.com - Jan 16 at 9:03 GMT white people to be stopped and searched by British police, a new analysis has revealed.Analysis by the London School of Economics (LSE) and the Open Society Justice Initiative revealed that during the past...

Med nacistično 'pijansko' igro študenti napadli člana judovske skupnosti (translate)
Dnevik.si - Jan 16 at 8:32 GMT bodo morali študenti soočiti s posledicami. Grozi jim celo izključitev, je izjavil predstavnik za stike z javnostjo fakultete London School of Economics. Žrtev, ki želi ostati neimenovana, je za Telegraph...

Monti prova a convincere l'Europa Prima Von Rompuy poi Cameron (translate)
GRR Radio - Jan 16 at 7:53 GMT all'ultimo vertice europeo. E ha registrato un tutto esaurito la lezione che il “Professore” Monti terrà alla London School of Economics su "L'Unione europea nell'economia globale: sfide per la crescita". Il...

Hungarian Opponent of Soviets Finds Unlikely Foe in EU-IMF
BusinessWeek - Zoltan Simon - Jan 16 at 7:44 GMT for any politician to lose two elections and then return and win, Kenneth Benoit, a professor at the London School of Economics, said in a phone interview. Its a testament to Orbans charisma and his very loyal...

Los taiwaneses optan por la distensión con China y reeligen al presidente (translate)
El País - Jose Reinoso - Jan 16 at 7:40 GMT Se estima que la mayoría de ellos es partidaria del Kuomintang. Tsai, que posee un doctorado de la London School of Economics, no ha logrado convencer al grueso de los electores. Aunque, durante la campaña...

LSE on TV/radio

Channel 4 (16 Jan)
Channel 4 News
Reports of LSE students playing Nazi-themed drinking game in Val d’Isere

Also on:

  • ITV1 (16 Jan)
    London Tonight

LBC London 97.3 (16 Jan)
Breakfast
Mention of LSE research in relation to the Metropolitan Police

BBC Radio 4 (16 Jan)
Today
Richard Layard interviewed about happiness and wellbeing.

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