LSE in print
Not only royal babies are to the manor born
Financial Times, 09/12/2013, p.4, Chris Giles
The problem is that these household assets are far from evenly spread, being concentrated in older households in southern England. As Professor Sir John Hills of the London School of Economics has demonstrated, the boom in house prices since the mid-1990s has caused the absolute difference in wealth between the more and less moneyed to shoot up.
World Diary
Financial Times, 09/12/2013, p.28, Unattributed
Think-tank Politeia debates "NHS safe staffing: not just a number" with Dr Tony Hockley of the London School of Economics and director of the Policy Analysis Centre, at the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, London. London's calling The London School of Economics holds a lecture: "The future of London within the UK” with London Mayor Boris Johnson.
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/29f6838c-5b58-11e3-a2ba-00144feabdc0.html#axzz2mxuYIrQw| (£)
It's shameful that our universities have accepted gender segregation under pressure from the most oppressive religious fanatics
The Independent, 09/12/2013, p.11, Yasmin Alibhai-Brown
back into the home, to get out of public life. Muslim women in jeans or with hair uncovered have been asked to leave lecture rooms by clothes vigilantes. Two Muslim LSE students harangued me for my unholy attire and views just a month back. Such guidelines, in effect, endorse the most offensive prejudices about women: that they are a social
http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/comment/its-shameful-that-our-universities-have-accepted-gender-segregation-under-pressure-from-the-most-oppressive-religious-fanatics-8991593.html|
Fines and failures dog accident-prone RBS
The Observer, 08/12/2013, p.43, Unattributed
The European commission slapped a record €1.7bn (£1.4bn) fine on six firms including RBS - the latest for colluding to fix key interest-rate benchmarks. Research by the London School of Economics to be published this week will put a total of £100bn on the costs of misconduct for 10 major banks, including RBS, Barclays and Lloyds Banking
WOULD YOU LET YOUR CHILD TAKE PORN TO SCHOOL?
The Sun, 08/12/2013, p.8, Hannah Barr
help children distinguish between fantasy and reality." Educating both young people and their parents is crucial, as most parents don't know their teenagers are viewing pornography. A study by the London School of Economics found that while 57 per cent of the nine to 19 year olds surveyed had seen porn online, only 16 per cent of parents knew.
CAROLINE CRIADO-PEREZ CAMPAIGNER
The Observer, 08/12/2013, p.14, Elizabeth Day
Criado-Perez, an Oxford English literature graduate who is studying for a master's in gender theory at the London School of Economics, set up a petition and threatened to sue the bank under the 2010 Equality Act. Within days, it had attracted 35,000 signatures.
http://www.theguardian.com/society/2013/dec/08/caroline-criado-perez-jane-austen-review-2013|
No, prime minister, he is nothing like Mugabe
The Sunday Times, 08/12/2013, p.4, Robin Renwick
I told him, on her behalf. "But it was your idea," Mandela replied, referring to the influence of the London School of Economics and others on budding African politicians in the 1950s. "It was fashionable then," he added with a smile.
http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/newsreview/newsreviewnelsonmandela/article1279903.ece?CMP=OTH-gnws-standard-2013_12_07|
Expulsions test Saudis' appetite for menial jobs
Financial Times, 07/12/2013, p.8, Unattributed
the failing fixed-quota "Saudisation" system of 1994, nitaqat places a sliding scale of financial penalties and incentives on employers who fail to hire enough Saudi nationals. Steffen Hertog of the London School of Economics said: "The nationalisation agenda has been around for 20 years but what's changed is that the Arab spring has made private sector jobs for nationals a
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/6b49c0fa-5d9d-11e3-b3e8-00144feabdc0.html?siteedition=uk|
Britain on the couch
The Guardian, 07/12/2013, p.42, Unattributed
One in four Britons will experience some kind of mental health problem in the course of a year, according to the Mental Health Foundation. An LSE economic think-tank report published last year found that mental illness now accounts for nearly half of all ill-health in the UK, but its share of the budget is so
Productivity talk is a positive start
The Times, 07/12/2013, p.65, Philip Aldrick's
that wages will start to pick up only once productivity improves. The assumption was supported by research published this week by Joao Paulo Pessoa and John van Reenen, of the London School of Economics, who found that wages have tracked productivity since 1972. Other analysis, by PwC, estimated that "eliminating the productivity gap between UK and competitor nations is worth
http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/business/columnists/article3942414.ece|
Berkeley warns of risk to investment from tax on foreign housebuyers
Financial Times, 07/12/2013, p.19, Andy Sharman; John Aglionby
so uncertain, companies will stop buying," he said. Berkeley says if international investors stopped buying in London it would cost 50,000 jobs, based on research it carried out with the London School of Economics. The news came as Berkeley increased its interim dividend from 15p to 90p. Revenues rose a fifth to £821m and pre-tax profit rose 19 per cent
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/c713fe0a-5e47-11e3-8621-00144feabdc0.html?siteedition=uk#axzz2mxuYIrQw| (£)
TALKS & POETRY
The Independent, 07/12/2013, p.29, Unattributed
As part of the LSE's State of the Union series of lectures, the London Mayor examines the role and future of the capital within the United Kingdom. (020 7955 6043; lse.ac.uk)
the new face of UKIP
The Times, 07/12/2013, p.40, Sarfraz Manzoor
When I asked who most embodied this youthful face of UKIP, Sanya Jeet Thandi, who ticks both boxes, was mentioned. She's a second-year student of social anthropology at the London School of Economics, and thinks Nigel Farage is a "babe" and that Godfrey Bloom is, "Cute and so kind and hilarious, he just says things for the reaction.
http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/magazine/article3938636.ece|
Nelson by name, defender of British values by nature
The Daily Telegraph, 07/12/2013, p.31, Charles Moore
banks and the mines," he told Mandela, as Thatcher. With a smile, Mandela replied: "But it was your idea." He was referring to the doctrines that had emerged from the London School of Economics in his youth: once again, he was acknowledging his British influences.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/nelson-mandela/10500732/Mandela-Nelson-by-name-defender-of-British-values-by-nature.html|
LSE online
London's biggest university bans student protests
Channel 4 News (Web), 08/12/2013, Unattributed
protests on campus for six months. The University of London - a body representing London universities including University College London, the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), Birkbeck and the London School of Economics - has banned protests on its campus for the next six months. Students who hold sit-in protests in an area in Holborn, central London, including the
http://www.channel4.com/news/university-of-london-student-protest-ban-senate-house-occupy|
UK extreme weather: Government in perfect storm over climate change gaffe as floods render homes uninsurable
The Independent (Web), 07/12/2013, Unattributed
warming will put hundreds of thousands more British homes at risk of flooding in future ?" yet ministers’ policies fail to reflect this." Bob Ward, policy and communications director at the London School of Economics’ Grantham Research Institute, added: "To say that the effects of investment in flood defences balances out the effects of climate change is a joke ?" especially
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/uk-extreme-weather-government-in-perfect-storm-over-climate-change-gaffe-as-floods-render-homes-uninsurable-8989643.html|
Britain's Autumn Statement: Which part of Britain’s economic plan is working?
The Economist (Web), 08/12/2013, Unattributed
So far we have had contributions from a think-tank, an economist and a geographer. Next up is Wouter de Haan, professor of economics at the Centre for Macroeconomics at the London School of Economics. http://www.economist.com/blogs/freeexchange/2013/12/britains-autumn-statement-2?fsrc=rss|
Boat race activist fights deportation
guardian.co.uk (Web), 09/12/2013, Unattributed
contribution to British life through the years he has resided there, including volunteer work with the Red Cross Refugee Centre in London and his degree in contemporary urbanism at the London School of Economics. Naik and Oldfield have founded two non-profit organisations aiming to address inequalities in urban conditions.
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/dec/09/thames-boat-race-protester-asks-tribunal-to-overturn-deportation|
From depths of oppression to triumph of spirit
Times of India, 07/012/2013
I was a student at the London School of Economics, and jumped at this opportunity, simply because I had secretly hoped to meet Mandela some time in my life.
http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-12-07/india/44903569_1_nelson-mandela-frail-mandela-madiba|
Why we're child-free and happy
Irish Examiner, 09/12/2013
Controversial research atthe London School of Economics recently proposed a correlation between high female intelligence and childlessness. Satoshi ...
http://www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/features/why-were-child-free-and-happy-251991.html|
Mandela's legacy puts that of our politicians to shame
Bangkok Post, 08/12/2013
prepared to die".Songkran Grachangnetara is an entrepreneur. He graduated from The London School of Economics and Columbia University. He can be reached at Twitter: @SongkranTalk
http://www.bangkokpost.com/opinion/opinion/383843/mandela-legacy-puts-that-of-our-politicians-to-shame|
Chinese Dream to shape global landscape foreign experts
Hong Kong Herald, 08/12/2013
said Martin Jacques, visiting senior fellow with the London School of Economics and Political Science.Its real... Read more
http://www.hongkongherald.com/index.php/sid/218950372/scat/9366300fc9319e9b|
Germany’s Minimum Wage Agreement Seen Risking Job Cuts: Economy
Washington Post, 06/12/2013
to harm their job prospects,” Alan Manning, professor of economics at the London School of Economics, said in a Dec. 3 interview. “When it was first being proposed in the U.K. there were people...
http://washpost.bloomberg.com/Story?docId=1376-MXCDCK6KLVSH01-0HMDFKO8RLJCMKFPM7BT33QT58|
Making the 'Chinese dream' a reality
Global Times, 08/12/2013
" said Martin Jacques, a visiting senior fellow from IDEAS of the London School of Economics and Political Science.Martin does not expect western style reform. "The Chinese state and the government...
http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/830751.shtml#.UqWN-_RdXTo|
China Exclusive: Making the "Chinese dream" a reality
Xinhua News Agency, 08/12/2013
" said Martin Jacques, a visiting senior fellow from IDEAS of the London School of Economics and Political Science.Martin does not expect western style reform. "The Chinese state and the government...
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/indepth/2013-12/08/c_132950935.htm|
Ouverture du forum « Dialogue international sur le rêve chinois » à Shanghai
China.org.cn, 07/12/2013
Kuhn, président de la Kuhn Foundation, Matin Jacques, chercheur invité de la London School of Economics and Political Science, Jusuf Wanandi, directeur adjoint du Centre for Strategic and Internationa...
http://www.lexpress.mu/article/groupe-ramdanee-procedures-de-liquidation-contre-matala-properties|
Groupe Ramdanee: procédures de liquidation contre Matala Properties (5)
L'Express Mauritius, 09/12/2013
is, an economy that can resist difficult-to-predict events. Memorial Lecture at the London School of Economics, Sir Mervyn King, Governor of the Bank of England, put it thus: “[Taleb] argues...
Warm and Fuzzy: Temperature and Consumer Behavior
Psychology Today, 06/12/2013
is a social psychologist who works as a senior consultant at the London School of Economics and as a scientific advisor at BrainJuicer Labs.
http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/consumed/201312/warm-and-fuzzy-temperature-and-consumer-behavior|
Digital magazines fight to gain a foothold online [Pioneer Press, St. Paul, Minn.]
BusinessWeek, 06/12/2013
topics.Offline's Flaugher, who founded the magazine with friend and fellow London School of Economics alumnus Tom Smith of San Francisco, said his offering has an edge due to its superior technology
http://investing.businessweek.com/research/markets/news/article.asp?docKey=600-201312060307KRTRIB__BUSNEWS_51098_55128-1|
The FPA’s Must Reads (November 30 – December 6)
Foreign Policy Blogs, 06/12/2013
Nelson Mandela in 2000 (Library of the London School of Economics and Political Science) Nelson Mandela, South Africa’s Liberator as Prisoner and President, Dies at 95 Bill Keller New York Times Nelson Mandela died yesterday Thursday, December...
http://foreignpolicyblogs.com/2013/12/06/the-fpas-must-reads-november-30-december-6/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-fpas-must-reads-november-30-december-6|
Budowsky: We need more Mandelas
The Hill, 06/12/2013, Brent Budowsky
He holds an LL.M. degree in international financial law from the London School of Economics. He can be read on The Hill’s Pundits Blog and reached at brentbbi@webtv.net|.
http://thehill.com/opinion/brent-budowsky/192317-budowsky-we-need-more-mandelas|
Sense of a struggle
The Hindu, 06/12/2013, SANGEETA BAROOAH PISHAROTY
being academic," signs off the author trained in political economy at London School of Economics. ("Wind Horse" is set to launch at Majnu Ka Tila, New Delhi, this Saturday and at Dharamshala...
http://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/sense-of-a-struggle/article5429665.ece|
Germany plans $11.55 per hour minimum wage
HeraldNet, 07/12/2013
harm their job prospects," Alan Manning, professor of economics at the London School of Economics, said in a Dec. 3 interview. "When it was first being proposed in the U.K. there were people...
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20131207/BIZ/712079981|
Women with PhDs should return home, Dr Nakamba-Kabaso
Zambia Post, 08/12/2013
NEAC) and the International Growth Centre (IGC), a local outfit of a London School of Economics based think tank. We are lagging behind as a country in the establishment of think-tanks so we...
http://www.postzambia.com/post-read_article.php?articleId=41713|
Britain on the couch: UK therapists share our biggest worries
Finanzen.ch, 07/12/2013
the course of a year, according to the Mental Health Foundation. An LSE economic thinktank report published last year found that mental illness now accounts for nearly half of all ill-health...
http://www.finanzen.ch/nachrichten/aktien/Britain-on-the-couch--UK-therapists-share-our-biggest-worries-2887627|
China Focus: Int'l dialogue on Chinese Dream held in Shanghai
Eastday.com, 08/12/2013
two centuries during industrialization, said Martin Jacques, visiting senior fellow with the London School of Economics and Political Science. Of course, China will be challenged on its right...
http://english.eastday.com/e/131208/u1a7817518.html|
1st LD-Writethru: China Focus: Int'l dialogue on Chinese Dream held in Shanghai
CHINAdaily, 07/12/2013
two centuries during industrialization, said Martin Jacques, visiting senior fellow with the London School of Economics and Political Science. Of course, China will be challenged on its right...
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/xinhua/2013-12-07/content_10761791.html|
Recessions can be good for your health, but only if you are male
Finchannel.com, 06/12/2013
the situation is reversed for girls, according to new research from the London School of Economics and Political Science. Researchers analysed the long-term health of more than 10,000 people...
http://finchannel.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=129182&Itemid=99999999|
OBITUARY: from freedom fighter to first citizen - Nelson Mandela
Newstalk, 06/12/2013
when he emerged, unbowed, from nearly three decades behind bars for opposing the white-minority apartheid regime -- one of the most potent images of the time. Four years later, the prisoner became...
http://www.newstalk.ie/reader/47.301.341/17788/0/|
TED talks: obliquity: how complex goals are best achieved indirectly ? John Kay
Blue & Green Tomorrow, 06/12/2013
in another. So says John Kay, professor of economics at London School of Economics, in this week’s featured TED talk. Filmed at TEDxWarwick, an independently-organised...
http://blueandgreentomorrow.com/features/ted-talks-obliquity-how-complex-goals-are-best-achieved-indirectly-john-kay/|
The world's most famous political prisoner
Al Jazeera, 06/12/2013
ways. The armed wing of the ANC recruited left-wing students at the London School of Economics in the 1960s for missions such as detonating "leaflet bombs" and smuggling ANC literature into the...
http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/spotlight/mandela/2013/05/world-most-famous-political-prisoner-201358182836108743.html|
U of M Pres. Kaler agrees to review of clinical research practices
Minnesota Public Radio, 06/12/2013
University of Georgia and a master?s in European political economy from the London School of Economics.And what drug(s) were they using on their human test subjects? Are these the same schools...
http://blogs.mprnews.org/oncampus/2013/12/umn-president-kaler-agrees-to-outside-review-of-clinical-trials/?refid=0|
Germany’s Minimum Wage Agreement Seen Risking Job Cuts: Economy
La Repubblica, 06/12/2013, Rainer Buergin and Scott Hamilton
to harm their job prospects,” Alan Manning, professor of economics at the London School of Economics, said in a Dec. 3 interview. “When it was first being proposed in the U.K. there were people...
http://bloomberg.finanza.repubblica.it/Notizie/Article?documentKey=1376-MXCDCK6KLVSH01-0HMDFKO8RLJCMKFPM7BT33QT58|
Natural direction
Sydney Morning Herald, 06/12/2013
Elettra works in fashion but has a degree in biomedicine from the London School of Economics, and has written a thesis on vertical farming. Roberto is studying at the International Center of...
http://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/celebrity/natural-direction-20131202-2ykfj.html|
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德推最低工資 恐帶來裁員 (中央社)
Yahoo Taiwan, 06/12/2013
（中央社台北2013年12月6日電）德國經濟學家表示，德國總理梅克爾（Angela Merkel）第3任期的聯合政府即將推出的全國最低工資恐扼殺工作機會，也無法縮小所得不平等。德國經濟� �究所（DIW）表示，她與社會民主黨（Social...
http://tw.stock.yahoo.com/news_content/url/d/a/131206/1/45in0.html|