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Rising signs of fracture in Greek society
International Herald Tribune, 22/10/2012, p.1, Rachel Donadio
“…fragile democratic republic in which fascists and Communists fought for power while the political center eroded before Hitler came to power. Nicos Mouzelis, an emeritus professor of sociology at the LONDON School of Economics, was recently mugged in an upscale neighborhood in Athens. ''You have both depression and aggression,'' he said. ''Thefts, crimes of all sorts…”
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/21/world/europe/amid-the-echoes-of-an-economic-crash-the-sounds-of-greek-society-being-torn.html|
Europeans are putting brakes on extra runways
The Guardian, 22/10/2012, p.21, Gwyn Topham; kate Connolly
he government is setting up a commission, to be chaired by Sir Howard Davies, a former chair of the Financial Services Authority and director of the London School of Economics, to examine whether additional capacity is needed - with options including a third runway at Heathrow or a new hub airport.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2012/oct/21/anti-aviation-europe-campaigners|
Sir Mervyn's rose-tinted review of the past
The Daily Telegraph, 22/10/2012, p.4, Unattributed
Letter. SIR - In a speech to the London School of Economics on October 9, Sir Mervyn King reflected on his experience of inflation targeting over the past 20 years…
We need growth, but austerity keeps the economy in chains
The Observer, 21/10/2012, p.48, William Keegan
would also inhibit a recovery. By contrast, Krugman and Portes argue that it is the depression that keeps interest rates low. Krugman and another ally, Professor Richard Layard of the London School of Economics, wrote in an accompanying paper: "Despite exceptionally high deficits, interest rates today are unprecedentedly low in all major countries where there is a normally functioning central bank.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2012/oct/21/we-need-growth-austerity-keeps-economy-in-chains?newsfeed=true|
The more toffs conquer, the weirder our prejudice grows
The Sunday Times, 21/10/2012, p.28, Unattributed
It's not as if any of this is new — Mick Jagger went to the London School of Economics and I could go on. But for every Jagger you had a Paul McCartney and everyone rubbed along. Today, the sense that the posh have taken over the entire culture is overwhelming and it’s bad news: it makes people angry and it kills talent.
'Class warrior' gets six months for boat race protest
The Times, 20/10/2012, p.7, David Brown
become used to avoiding surfboards and coral. He was ridiculed by some commentators who noted that he attended one of Australia's most prestigious schools, obtained a masters degree at the London School of Economics and was a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. Benjamin Newton, in mitigation, said that Oldfield "ran the risk of self-sacrifice".
'Everything I make up has to be plausible'
Financial Times, 20/10/2012, p.11, Lorien Kite
Interview with Hilary Mantel. She read law at the London School of Economics and then Sheffield University but gave up on her hopes of becoming a barrister for lack of funds, working for a time as a social worker.
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/8bcb49e4-193c-11e2-9b3e-00144feabdc0.html|
Boat Race wrecker jailed for 6 months
Daily Mail, 20/10/2012, p.39, Michael Seamark
arrested by police and booed by spectators. During his trial last month Oldfield, who came to the UK in his early-20s and obtained an MSc in 'contemporary urbanism' at the London School Of Economics, claimed the race was 'a symbol of a lot of issues in Britain around class.' Judge Molyneux said he had ruined the race for everyone with
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2220098/Trenton-Oldfield-Protester-
stopped-Boat-Race-swimming-River-Thames-jailed-6-months.html|
LSE online
Balancing the budget: five key issues that could put your school in the red
guardian.co.uk (Web), 20/10/2012, Unattributed
or more by 2014. This is a gloomy enough out-look but the long-term forecast is scarcely any better according to Tony Travers, director of LSE London, a research centre at the London School of Economics. "Schools will be getting a zero real-terms increase in budgets for several years to come or, at the very best, an increase of 1% above inflation
http://www.guardian.co.uk/teacher-network/2012/oct/20/school-budgets-pupil-
premium-pay-freeze|
ECB's Coene says austerity measures cannot be avoided
Reuters UK (Web), 20/10/2012, Philip Blenkinsop
Central Bank Governing Council member Luc Coene said on Saturday. In a panel debate on the euro zone in Brussels, Coene was challenged by economist Paul De Grauwe, now with the London School of Economics, who said policymakers should be foremost in promoting growth not reining it in. "To think that austerity could be avoided is naive ... “
http://uk.reuters.com/article/2012/10/20/uk-ecb-coene-idUKBRE89J09W20121020|
ECB's Coene says austerity measures cannot be avoided
Yahoo! UK and Ireland (Web), 20/10/2012, Unattributed
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/ecbs-coene-says-austerity-measures-cannot-avoided-145939378--business.html|
What has happened to the Gaddafi clan?
BBC (Web), 19/10/2012, Unattributed
uprising. Saif al-Islam Gaddafi (son) Former heir-apparent Saif al-Islam was captured a month after his father's death, and has since been in custody in the mountain town of Zintan. The London School of Economics graduate has been at the centre of a protracted struggle between the International Criminal Court, where he is wanted for charges of crimes against humanity,
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-19966059|
Metropolitan Lines: blogging London
guardian.co.uk (Web), 19/10/2012, Dave Hill
Mayor Johnson has set up a London Finance Commission to look into the issue, chaired by Tony Travers of the London School of Economics. Tony will be answering questions about the commission's work on Wednesday. The rest of the week's London Assembly public meetings are listed here.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2012/oct/19/metropolitan-lines-museum-of
-london-bloggers|
Something for the weekend
Financial Times (Web), 19/10/2012, Unattributed
Laura Kray , a professor in the management of organisations group at Haas at the University of California Berkeley, says that feminine charm is an effective tool in successful negotiations. With colleagues Connson Locke of the London School of Economics and Alex Van Zant a PhD student at Haas, Prof Kray wanted to discover if women who flirt are more effective in negotiations than men who
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/2e7a8938-17b3-11e2-8cbe-00144feabdc0.html#axzz2A0evkSSF|
Cameron says Britain isn't waving "bye-bye" to EU
Reuters UK (Web), 19/10/2012, Luke Baker
I, as someone who advocates the single market and free trade, find that very unfortunate, very unfortunate," said Stubb, who is married to a British lawyer and studied at the London School of Economics. "It's almost as if the boat is pulling away and one of our best friends is somehow saying 'bye-bye' and there's not really that much we can do about it
http://uk.reuters.com/article/2012/10/19/uk-eu-britain-cameron-idUKBRE89I0RH20121019|
Cameron says Britain isn't waving "bye-bye" to EU
Yahoo! UK and Ireland (Web), 19/10/2012, Unattributed
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/cameron-says-britain-isnt-waving-bye-bye-eu-132828538.html|
CEOs Dress Their Companies to Impress
Wall Street Journal
And economists Lauren Cohen at Harvard Business School and Huaizhi Chen and Dong Lou at the London School of Economics find that companies really act this way. The trio looked at companies where sales from the two largest industry segments were ...
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10000872396390444592704578066963628
831282.html|
BOOK REVIEW: 'Mick Jagger'
Washington Times
It is not particularly reassuring that he refers to South Africa's Sharpeville Massacre as taking place in the Belgian Congo while discussing zeitgeist at the London School of Economics when Mr. Jagger studied there. More serious is his inability to ...
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/oct/19/book-review-mick-jagger/|
The flaw at the heart of the European project
Gulf Times - Oct 22 at 2:24 BST
former chairman of Britains Financial Services Authority, deputy governor of the Bank of England, and director of the London School of Economics, is a professor at Sciences Po in Paris.
http://www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=538756&version=1&template_id=46|
Lebanon protesters try to storm government palace
Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier
"Lebanon is in the eye of the storm," said Fawaz A. Gerges, head of the Middle East Center at the London School of Economics. "The fact that the protesters came close to storming the parliament shows how deep the crisis of the state is and how weak the ...
Euro Crisis Fuels Pro-Independence Movements
Voice of America
James Ker-Lindsay of the London School of Economics said that in many cases the economic crisis has fueled long-existing grievances and independence movements. “But in terms of viability, to my mind absolutely no question at all, an independent ...
http://www.voanews.com/content/euro_crisis_fuels_pro_independence_
movements/1530051.html|
'Even modest growth gets a company unreal valuation in India'
Hindu Business Line
Sandeep Sinha, an alumnus of the Delhi Institute of Technology and London School of Economics, is Managing Partner of Lumis Parnters, a private equity fund. Lumis, with $200 million under management, focuses on three broad sectors — education and ...
http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/features/even-modest-growth-gets-a-
company-unreal-valuation-in-india/article4017061.ece?homepage=true&ref=wl
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In conversation with FRANCES O'ROURKE
Irish Times
'KATHLEEN AND I MET in London in our first few days in LSE [London School of Economics], where we were both studying social work, doing our MScs. We'd both been in UCD but didn't know each other, and both of us had worked in London as social ...
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/magazine/2012/1020/1224325426539.html|
A look at the US House candidates from Wisconsin
San Francisco Chronicle
EDUCATION — Bachelor's degree in government and economics, Harvard University, 1985; master's degree, London School of Economics, 1986; law degree, University of Minnesota, 1990. CAREER — La Crosse County assistant district attorney, 1992-96.
http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/A-look-at-the-US-House-candidates-from-Wisconsin-3964322.php|
Former chief secretary Stephen Lam upbeat on Hong Kong in UK speech
South China Morning Post - Oct 19 at 20:29 BST
door for getting back to politics someday," said Ting, who is pursuing a politics doctorate at the London School of Economics and Political Science. Chinese University political scientist Ivan Choy Chi-keung...
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1065255/former-chief-secretary
-stephen-lam-upbeat-hong-kong-uk-speech|
LSE on TV/radio
BBC Radio 5 Live (20 Oct)
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Fawaz Gerges comments on attacks in Lebanon
BBC Radio 4 (21 Oct)
Coverage of the Manuel Castells lecture at LSE.
BBC 1 Regional (20 Oct)
Question Time
Mention of LSE research on winter-related deaths.
BBC Radio Scotland (19 Oct)
Newsdrive
Iain Begg comments on a European banking union.
BBC Radio 4 (19 Oct)
The World at One
Albrecht Ritschl comments on the 20 year anniversary of Black Monday.
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