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Britain Loses Its Iron Lady
The Wall Street Journal (Europe), 09/04/2013, p.1, Alistair Macdonald
Ronald Reagan. "She was the last outlier from the ideological wars against Marxism, an epoch-making politician, but an incredibly polarizing force," said Patrick Dunleavy, professor of political science at the London School of Economics. Mrs. Thatcher is remembered within Britain mostly for her role in revolutionizing the fading economy, in a process that caused huge social change and division, and
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB100014240527023045107045755628830770
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Quest to improve economy left 'lasting scar'
Financial Times, 09/04/2013, p.3, Chris Giles
economy was 2.3 per cent, no better than Britain's postwar norm. But that fact misses the point, says John van Reenen, head of the Centre for Economic Performance at the London School of Economics: "The changes [under Thatcher] helped shift Britain from a century of relative decline to three decades where we caught up with the US, Germany and France."
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/7c3d0cee-a06c-11e2-88b6-00144feabdc0.html|
Thatcher saved UK from slow decline
City AM, 09/04/2013, p.2, Allister Heath
the 1980s under Thatcher, before expanding by 2.77 per cent in the 1990s (when her legacy largely remained) and by 1.77 per cent in the 2000s. The report of the LSE growth commission is emphatic: by the late 1970s, the UK had been left behind, with US GDP per capita 40 per cent higher than Britain's and the top European
http://www.cityam.com/article/thatcher-saved-uk-slow-decline|
Economic Overhauls Had Deep, Still-Debated Effects
The Wall Street Journal (Europe), 09/04/2013, p.5, Charles Forelle
disease of vulnerability to bouts of high inflation and a Luddite trade-union movement," said Howard Davies, formerly a deputy governor of the Bank of England and a head of the London School of Economics. Still, he says, Britain wasn't transformed from laggard to powerhouse. And the legacy of deregulation, which did help Britain's economy to grow, is nonetheless mixed, says
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000142412788732355060457841071074554
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The campaign guru 'Here endeth her lessons'
The Times, 09/04/2013, p.24, Maurice Saatchi
Beatrice Webb, the founder of the London School of Economics, used to say that people fall in love with funny things: "Some people fall in love with their chauffeur. I fell in love with Soviet communism."
CAN ABENOMICS REALLY SAVE JAPAN?
The Independent, 09/04/2013, p.56, Ben Chu
However, Ben Bernanke, the chairman of the Federal Reserve and the pre-¬eminent scholar of the 1930s Great Depression, firmly dismissed those concerns at a recent speech at the London School of Economics. "The advanced industrial economies are currently pursuing appropriately expansionary policies to help support recovery and price stability in their own countries,”
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/analysis-and-features/can-
abenomics-really-save-japan-8565135.html|
Nine Elms project takes risk with funding model
Financial Times, 09/04/2013, p.4, James Pickford
increases from business along the route to pay for its development. But the applicability of the model outside London is less clear. Tony Travers, an urban government expert at the London School of Economics, said soaring demand for property and high land values made it feasible in the capital. "But it is not an approach that would work in many
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/fcda4910-9f64-11e2-b4b6-00144feabdc0.html#axzz2Pr8n1KrO|
'There'll be no more of my liberal nonsense'
The Guardian, 09/04/2013, p.36, Alan Smith
“I told him about Jason who had left prison to go to the LSE, Malkie the Glaswegian yogi pool shark, Budgie Blue Legs and on and on. I had been really fortunate with the men who lingered on, intelligent civilised men…”
http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2013/apr/08/prison-philosophy-classes|
LSE online
Margaret Thatcher's legacy 'still felt' in London
BBC News
BBC London's political editor Tim Donovan assesses the impact her premiership had on the capital and talks to Andrew Rosindell MP, Mr Livingstone, City financier Terry Smith, Tony Travers of the London School of Economics, former employee of the ...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-22065193|
Thatcher: Cold warrior with special bond to Reagan
AFP – 08/04/2013
Europe became an "obsession" for her, said William Wallace of the London School of Economics, adding that she became "less and less interested in compromise." But it also led to her downfall. In 1990, soon after she delivered an incendiary House of ...
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jmLe1vpqdQG10YcS-qA2eitXc05A?docId=CNG.f01c2726b5402b158f174815dada9f48.221|
Thatcher triggered cultural revolution
AFP – 08/04/2013
The former premier "had a phenomenal impact on the cultural landscape of Britain by creating an ideological backlash," said David Khabaz of the London School of Economics, author of a book on Thatcher's cultural legacy. "It was kind of a paradoxical ...
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gscbFXPGlAXnecnVR_
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Austria feels heat of EU's anti-bank-secrecy drive
Reuters UK (Web), 08/04/2013, John Odonnell
the result of an accumulation of pressure from other countries, and Cyprus can have been the straw the broke the camel's back," said Paul De Grauwe, a professor at the London School of Economics and expert in EU financial affairs. (Additional reporting by Jan Strupczewski and Phil Blenkinsop in Brussels, Georgina Prodhan in Vienna and Stephen Brown in Berlin; Writing by
http://uk.reuters.com/article/2013/04/08/uk-eu-banksecrecy-idUKBRE9370FW20
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Cypriot capital controls extended by a week as Eurozone confidence suffers
CITY A.M. (blog)
Jon Danielsson, director of the ESRC-funded Systemic Risk Centre at the London School of Economics, says that capital controls are rarely temporary: Another European country was forced to implement “temporary” capital controls during its crisis – Iceland.
http://www.cityam.com/blog/cypriot-capital-controls-extended-week-eurozone-confidence-suffers|
India's anti-rape movement: redefining solidarity outside the colonial frame
Open Democracy (Web), 08/04/2013, Unattributed
modernity really bestow freedom from violence for women and girls? And is it really a question of modernity vs. backwardness? As speakers at a 250 strong meeting hosted by the London School of Economics’ Gender Institute and organised by a large number of Black, South Asian and minority ethnic women’s organisations pointed out, neoliberal corporate culture has brought heightened violence
http://www.opendemocracy.net/5050/amrit-wilson/indias-anti-rape-movement-redefining-solidarity-outside-colonial-frame|
Austria feels heat of EU's anti-bank-secrecy drive
Yahoo! Finance - Apr 8 at 14:05 BST
been the straw the broke the camel's back," said Paul De Grauwe, a professor at the London School of Economics and expert in EU financial affairs.(Additional reporting by Jan Strupczewski and Phil Blenkinsop...
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/austria-feels-heat-eus-anti-124411945.html|
A New Containment Policy the Curbing of War and Violent Conflict in World Society
Seoul Times - Apr 8 at 23:03 BST
Strachan) of the conference “Clausewitz in the 21st century” (Oxford 2005). He was a visiting fellow at the London School of Economics and Political Science, Centre for International Studies (2005-2006).He...
http://theseoultimes.com/ST/db/read.php?idx=11877&PHPSESSID=79e320562b99d12f6703aeaea38d0ee3|
Will the New Noise at Old Trafford Make a Difference?
ESPN.com - null - Michael Bertin - Apr 8 at 21:33 BST
done by professors Luis Garicano and Canice Prendergast from the University of Chicago, and Ignacio Palacios-Huerta from the London School of Economics. Sampling data from 750 matches in Spain's La Liga, the...
http://www.grantland.com/blog/the-triangle/post/_/id/57471/will-the-new-noise-at-
old-trafford-make-a-difference|
How Margaret Thatcher influenced the US economy
MSN Money - Apr 8 at 21:00 BST
changed the way British people think about money, capitalism and enterprise," Tony Travers, a lecturer at the London School of Economics, told the Times of India. And she was a ideological soul mate with...
http://money.msn.com/now/post.aspx?post=45f2c773-14f0-4153-b203-4cb3b9f53
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Margaret Thatcher's free-market reforms left indelible mark on Britain
South China Morning Post - Apr 8 at 20:14 BST
the way British people think about money, capitalism and enterprise," said Tony Travers, a lecturer at the London School of Economics. Thatcher also triggered a cultural revolution by igniting a creative...
http://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1210386/margaret-thatchers-free-market-reforms-left-indelible-mark-britain|
Premier Online Entertainment Law Course Launching in June
FinanzNachrichten.de - Apr 8 at 20:03 BST
and has been named a rising star by Super Lawyers Magazine. He was educated at Columbia, Oxford, The London School of Economics and Berkeley Law (Boalt Hall). Entertainment Law Exposed launches on June 24...
http://www.finanznachrichten.de/nachrichten-2013-04/26466494-premier-online-entertainment-law-course-launching-in-june-256.htm|
Autoritr und durchsetzungsfhig
Deutschland Radio - Apr 8 at 18:43 BST
nicht, dass Frau Thatcher wie keine andere dazu fähig war, die angeschlagene Labour-Regierung abzulösen. Der langjährige Leiter der " London School of Economics", Ralf Dahrendorf:"Sie markiert die Tatsache...
http://www.dradio.de/dlf/sendungen/hintergrundpolitik/2067199/|
Economía de GB lleva marca de Thatcher
Terra Mexico - Apr 8 at 20:53 BST
el dinero, el capitalismo y la empresa. Cameron y Blair lo heredaron", explicó Tony Travers, profesor en la London School of Economics.En el momento de la muerte de Thatcher, la sociedad británica parece...
http://economia.terra.com.mx/noticias/noticia.aspx?idNoticia=201304081943_REF_82131093|
La amistad de conveniencia entre Margaret Thatcher y Pinochet
La Nación Chile - Apr 8 at 14:56 BST
fue un cambio fundamental en las relaciones entre Chile y Reino Unido", explica Francisco Panizza, profesor de la London School of Economics (LSE) y experto en política latinoamericana. "El conflicto con...
http://www.lanacion.cl/la-amistad-de-conveniencia-entre-margaret-thatcher-y-pinochet/noticias/2013-04-08/102906.html|
Path to reform
Global Times - Chris Dalby - Apr 8 at 18:25 BST
expressed his hope that the government would use this to push ahead with reform in a progressive way. LSE professor and author Martin Jacques pointed out that China's debates on foreign policy were far more interesting than those in the UK as British people...
http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/773535.shtml|
Mort de Margaret Thatcher : les réactions se multiplient
Les Echos - Apr 8 at 15:25 BST
au capitalisme et à l'entreprise. Cameron comme Blair en ont hérité », explique Tony Travers, enseignant à la London School of Economics. A l'heure de la mort de la Dame de fer, la société britannique semble...
http://www.lesechos.fr/economie-politique/monde/actu/0202689347234-mort-de-margaret-thatcher-toutes-les-reactions-556092.php?xtor=RSS-2219|
Thatcher had "phenomenal" impact on Britain's cultural landscape
Straits Times - Apr 8 at 15:06 BST
impact on the cultural landscape of Britain by creating an ideological backlash," said David Khabaz of the London School of Economics, author of a book on Thatcher's cultural legacy. "It was kind of a paradoxical...
http://www.straitstimes.com/breaking-news/world/story/thatcher-had-phenomenal-impact-britains-cultural-landscape-20130408|
New kids on the blog
Voice Online - Apr 8 at 12:52 BST
take notice. They can make an issue last longer or push it into the mainstream. For example, when LSE professor Satoshi Kanazawa made comments about black women being the least attractive. It was a defining moment. Anger turned into discussion and a subsequent...
http://voice-online.co.uk/article/new-kids-blog|
ISB Celebrates Graduation Day at its Hyderabad campus
Finchannel.com - Apr 8 at 12:28 BST
writer and biographer (Environmental, Social, Political and Cricket), Philippe Roman Chair in History and International Affairs at the London School of Economics (LSE) and Padma Bhushan recipient. He was joined...
http://finchannel.com/Main_News/B_Schools/125944_ISB_Celebrates_Graduation
_Day_at_its_Hyderabad_campus/|
Stop and search feedback wanted
Voice Online - Apr 8 at 11:47 BST
of the main factors behind the inspection is the increasing scrutiny stop and search is under – the London School of Economics report into the 2011 summer riots found that people perceived the police power...
http://www.voice-online.co.uk/article/stop-and-search-feedback-wanted|
Improving access to mental health services – it’s time to act now
Left Foot Forward - Ed Jacobs - Apr 8 at 10:58 BST
on end waiting for referral to appropriate treatment ? Just last year, a study by experts at the London School of Economics declared it to be a “scandal that we have 6,000,000 people with depression or...
http://www.leftfootforward.org/2013/04/improving-access-to-mental-health-services
-its-time-to-act-now/|
China sets a new foreign policy agenda to enhance its clout
DNA India - Apr 8 at 7:58 BST
with India. Jiechi is an expert on American affairs, a fluent English speaker and a graduate of the London School of Economics. His effort to keep Sino-US relations in good repair will be supported on the...
http://www.dnaindia.com/analysis/1820026/column-china-sets-a-new-foreign-
policy-agenda-to-enhance-its-clout|
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Tony Travers comments on Margaret Thatcher's legacy in London.
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