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Dismantle the euro, says Nobel Prize winner
The Daily Telegraph, 12/12/2013, p.5
Sir Christopher Pissarides, who won the Nobel Prize for economics in 2010, will today suggest that the euro should be dismantled. In a speech at the London School of Economics, the Cypriot-British economist will say the single currency is creating a "lost generation" of unemployed youngsters. "The euro should either be dismantled in an orderly way...
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/economics/10512678/Dismantle-the-euro-says-Nobel-winning-economist-who-once-backed-currency-union.html|
Abandon the euro, says Nobel winner
Daily Mail, 12/12/2013, p.2, Hugo Duncan
call for action to 'restore the euro's credibility in international markets' and to 'restore the trust that Europe's nations once had in each other'. But, in a lecture at the London School of Economics, where he teaches, he will add: 'Regretfully, I do not see either materialising.' His comments come days after Christine Lagarde, head of the International Monetary Fund...
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2522298/Nobel-winner-Sir-Christopher-Pissarides-warns-lost-generation-dole.html?ITO=1490&ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490|
Students revolt over separate seating for men and women
The Daily Telegraph, 12/12/2013, p.16, David Barrett
any event where some segregation took place for religious reasons, a separate non-segregated area should also be provided. Chris Moos, a PhD student who runs the secular society at the London School of Economics, said: "We believe there has been very clear outrage among the secular and libertarian community in the UK about these proposals. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/educationnews/10511895/Backlash-grows-over-university-gender-segregation-guidelines.html|
Willetts astonished by elite reaction to expansion
Times Higher Education, 12/12/2013,p.6
Nick Barr, professor of public economics at the London School of Economics and one of the architects of the 2006 fee reforms, said the removal of the cap was good news. http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/news/willetts-astonished-by-elite-reaction-to-expansion/2009820.article| (£)
Out of the blue, into the red?
Times Higher Education, 12/12/2013, p.5
In a recent book, Browne and Beyond, Gill Wyness, a researcher at the London School of Economics, speculates that removing the cap would result in an escalation of what we have already seen among the mini-league of elite institutions under AAB/ABB. http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/comment/leader/out-of-the-blue-into-the-red/2009859.article|
Will an online currency used to buy sex trigger a financial revolution - or crash and burn?
Daily Mail, 12/12/2013
'It's a Wild West with regard to exchanges and wallets, so if you are choosing to buy, really do your homework,' advises Garrick Hileman, an economic historian from the London School of Economics. 'When people ask if Bitcoins are a bubble, my standard response is that it's too early to tell.'
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2522333/Will-online-currency-used-buy-sex-trigger-financial-revolution--crash-burn.html|
Business big shot
The Times, 12/12/2013, p.50, Robert Miller Zimbabwe when he was 13. Later they settled in the United States. In 1960 Mr Fischer visited Israel on a programme for youth leaders. He won a scholarship to the London School of Economics, then returned to America as an associate professor at the University of Chicago. Later he became a professor at MIT. In 1988 he became chief economist
Jock Young, 1942-2013
Times Higher Education, 12/12/2013, p.24 William “Jock” Young was born in Midlothian on 4 March 1942 and educated in Aldershot before studying sociology at the London School of Economics. http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/news/people/jock-young-1942-2013/2009729.article|
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The US and China must show leadership on climate change guardian.co.uk (Web), 11/12/2013, Nicholas Stern
Lord Nicholas Stern is chair of the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment at London School of Economics and Political Science. He will receive the 2013 Stephen H. Schneider Award for Outstanding Climate Science Communication at a ceremony in San Francisco on 11 December. http://www.theguardian.com/environment/blog/2013/dec/11/us-china-leadership-climate-change|
AUDIO: Universities UK advice 'violates women's freedom' BBC (Web), 11/12/2013
seating for male and female students would be allowed if requested by speakers from orthodox religious groups. This decision comes a few weeks after Abishek Phadnis and Chris Moos, at the London School of Economics, were forced to cover their T-shirts - depicting Jesus and the Prophet Muhammad - by student union officials. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-25331877|
Bachelet seen easily defeating childhood playmate in Chile election
Reuters UK (Web), 11/12/2013, Alexandra Ulmer
going to be able to claim she is the owner of the New Majority, and that there really is a New Majority," said Kenneth Bunker, a political scientist from the London School of Economics who runs an influential web site on Chilean politics. http://uk.reuters.com/article/2013/12/11/uk-chile-election-preview-idUKBRE9BA0U420131211|
Older people may be less tired: study Reuters UK (Web), 11/12/2013, Kathleen Raven
"It's a big effect," Laura Kudrna told Reuters Health. She and her colleague, Paul Dolan, conducted the study at the London School of Economics and Political Science. The link between increasing age and decreasing fatigue held steady when they factored in how much people slept, how many children they had, whether they were employed and their general health.
http://uk.reuters.com/article/2013/12/11/us-older-people-may-be-less-tired-study-idUKBRE9BA15V20131211|
Guardian University Awards 2014 shortlist announced guardian.co.uk (Web), 11/12/2013, Unattributed
Sustainability project London School of Economics and Political Science – Sustainable Projects fund Loughborough University – Eat Your Campus University of Northampton – Biodiversity Index Teaching excellence Sponsored by the Higher Education Academy University of Nottingham – http://www.theguardian.com/higher-education-network/2013/dec/11/guardian-university-awards-2014-shortlist|
Free exchange
The Economist (Web), 11/12/2013, Unattributed
So far we have had contributions from a think-tank, an economist and a geographer. Next up is Wouter Den Haan, professor of economics at the Centre for Macroeconomics at the London School of Economics.
http://www.economist.com/blogs/freeexchange|
Heathrow Investor Lines Up UK Airports Deal
Sky News (Web), 11/12/2013, Unattributed
A decision to sell the airports would come amid a crucial Government-commissioned review being led by Sir Howard Davies, the former director of the London School of Economics, who will outline several options for expanding airport capacity in the South East next week. http://news.sky.com/story/1180920/heathrow-investor-lines-up-uk-airports-deal|
The List Prospect, 12/12/2013
Amartya Sen: poverty and the tolerance of the intolerable. January 22, 2014 at 6:30 pm London School of Economics, WC2 http://www.listings.prospectmagazine.co.uk/|
Longtime Obama aide plans to leave as part of White House overhaul: report
Reuters UK, 12/12/2013
Obama's election as a senator in 2004.A graduate of the London School of Economics, Rouse had worked in the Senate since 1971, including 19 years with Daschle.Rouse and Podesta were part...
http://uk.reuters.com/article/2013/12/12/us-usa-politics-obama-idUKBRE9BB04Z20131212
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U.S. and Britain suspend non-lethal aid to Syrian rebels Globe and Mail, 12/12/2013
said Fawaz A. Gerges, director of the Middle East Center at the London School of Economics.Turkey said it was shutting its side of the border in response. A statement issued by the ministry... http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/balance-of-power-shifts-among-syrian-rebels/article15904909/|
U.S., Britain halt nonlethal Syria aid
Detroit News, 12/12/2013
said Fawaz A. Gerges, director of the Middle East Center at the London School of Economics.Turkey said it was shutting its side of the border in response. http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20131212/NATION/312120047/-1/OPINION0351/U-S-Britain-halt-nonlethal-Syria-aid|
Un artífice del milagro económico de Israel, a punto de ser nombrado 'número dos' de la Fed
El Mundo, 12/12/2013, PABLO PARDO
famosos kibbutz) hasta que se fue a estudiar Economía primero a la London School of Economics y luego al MIT. Esta última institución académica refuerza, con el nombramiento de Ficher a la 'Fed... http://www.elmundo.es/internacional/2013/12/12/52a918c763fd3d182a8b458a.html|
U.S., Britain suspend nonlethal aid to Syrian rebels
Salt Lake Tribune, 12/12/2013
said Fawaz A. Gerges, director of the Middle East Center at the London School of Economics.Turkey said it was shutting its side of the border in response. A statement issued by the ministry... http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/world/57251790-68/syria-islamic-front-opposition.html.csp|
US, Britain halt non-lethal aid to rebels in northern Syria
India Today, 11/12/2013
said Fawaz A. Gerges, director of the Middle East Centre at the London School of Economics.Turkey said it was shutting its side of the border in response. A statement issued by the ministry... http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/us-britain-syria-president-bashar-assad-islamic-militants-non-lethal-aid/1/330695.html|
Older people may be less tired: study GlobalPost, 12/12/2013, Kathleen Raven
"It's a big effect," Laura Kudrna told Reuters Health. She and her colleague, Paul Dolan, conducted the study at the London School of Economics and Political Science.
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How Stanley Fischer Became a Central-Banking Legend BusinessWeek, 11/12/2013, PeterCoy
to Israel. He earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees at the London School of Economics, got his Ph.D. at MIT, became a U.S. citizen, and taught at the University of Chicago before returning to...
http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2013-12-11/how-stanley-fischer-became-a-central-banking-legend-before-joining-the-fed#r=rss|
Stanley Fischer Reportedly Tapped To Be Next Fed Vice Chairman
Forbes.com, 11/12/2013
now Zambia) in 1943 he received his undergraduate economics degree from the London School of Economics and his Ph.d from MIT. In addition to his years at MIT, Fischer has taught at the Hebrew...
http://www.forbes.com/fdc/welcome_mjx.shtml|
Former Bank of Israel Governor Fischer leading candidate for Fed vice chairman Haaretz, 11/12/2013
69, was born in North Rhodesia, now Zambia, and educated at the London School of Economics and Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He has a Ph.D. in economics from MIT, where he also served
http://www.haaretz.com/business/1.562998|
The warped logic of fewer people = less poverty Spiked Online, 11/12/2013
Less Poverty. The report, which PM paid post-graduate students at the London School of Economics to produce, claims that high fertility rates are the main cause of the large number of people... http://www.spiked-online.com/newsite/article/the_warped_logic_of_fewer_people_less_poverty/14408|
Heathrow Investor Lines Up UK Airports Deal
Isle of Wight Radio, 11/12/2013
review being led by Sir Howard Davies, the former director of the London School of Economics, who will outline several options for expanding airport capacity in the South East next week. Sir...
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Bachelet seen easily defeating childhood playmate in Chile election Yahoo! UK and Ireland, 11/12/2013
a New Majority," said Kenneth Bunker, a political scientist from the London School of Economics who runs an influential web site on Chilean politics.There have been no major surveys on voting... http://uk.news.yahoo.com/bachelet-seen-easily-defeating-childhood-playmate-chile-election-163621608--business.html|
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Monkeying around with the specialness of humans Spiked Online, 11/12/2013
have gained greater acceptance. In 2008, legal philosopher Connor Gearty of the London School of Economics argued that the ‘capacity for conscious experience in animals should render the “species...
http://www.spiked-online.com/newsite/article/monkeying_around_with_the_specialness_of_humans/14407#.UqmH1vRdXTo|
Boris Johnson claims London, not Liverpool, helped launch The Beatles to stardom NME, 11/12/2013
Mayor of London made claims during speech at the London School of Economics Next Previous Photo Gallery: The Beatles Photo: PA Boris Johnson has claimed that it was London, not Liverpool... http://www.nme.com/news/the-beatles/74352|