LSE in print
One (old) penny for your thoughts
Financial Times, 15/02/2013, p.10, Unattributed
Letter from Dr Tim Leunig, LSE: Sir, Your facsimile gives the price of the FT as 1d in 1888. If indexed to inflation, the paper would cost 39p today. Indexation to average wages predicts a price of £2.85. This tells us something important: the prices of goods that cannot be mechanised will rise broadly in line with earnings.
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/2da631a8-7611-11e2-9891-00144feabdc0.html#axzz2KrOKotBO|
Poverty measures
The Guardian, 15/02/2013, p.45, Unattributed
Letter from Jonathan Bradshaw, Kathleen Kiernan University of York, Howard Glennerster, John Hills LSE, Heather Joshi Institute of Education, Ruth Lister Loughborough University, Peter Taylor-Gooby University of Kent, Alan Walker University of Sheffield.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2013/feb/14/child-poverty-government-measures|
Al-Qaeda thugs whipped me for having beer and bet
The Sun, 15/02/2013, p.24, Oliver Harvey
Dr Gita Subrahmanyam, an expert on Africa from the London School of Economics, said last night: “Territorial borders in the region are porous, badly patrolled and easy to navigate.” She predicted that North Africa’s various jihadi splinter groups would be vying to emulate Belmokhtar’s Algerian terror “spectacular” and said he had become in essence “the new Osama bin Laden” — the West’s enemy number one.
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/features/article4795933.ece|
The hawks were wrong: Iraq is worse off now
New Statesman, 14/02/2013, Unattributed
In his book Iraq: from War to a New Authoritarianism, Toby Dodge of the London School of Economics documents how the war has produced an Iraqi system of government not so different from the one it replaced. Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, Dodge argues, is leading his country towards “an incredibly destructive dictatorship”. The establishment of a liberal democracy on the banks of the Tigris remains a neocon pipe dream.
http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2013/02/hawks-were-wrong-iraq-worse-now|
As Adam Smith knew, the experts think they know best, but what do the people say?
New Statesman, 14/02/2013, Felix Martin
It took Smith nearly a thousand pages to set out his formula. This past week, an independent “growth commission” convened by the London School of Economics provided a modern answer – albeit for the UK only – in a mere 36 pages.
http://www.newstatesman.com/economics/2013/02/adam-smith-knew-experts-
think-they-know-best-what-do-people-say|
The shadow power list
New Statesman, 14/02/2013, New Statesman
However, Davies is best known for resigning as director of the London School of Economics over the LSE’s links to Muammar al-Gaddafi’s regime. As Libyans battled to overthrow their brutal dictatorship, Davies conceded that the LSE’s reputation had been damaged by accepting £300,000 in research funding from a foundation controlled by Gaddafi’s son Saif. The total amount solicited from the foundation ran to £1.5m. Davies admitted having made a “personal error of judgement” in giving advice to Libya on how to modernise its financial institutions.
http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/politics/2013/02/shadow-power-list|
Redeveloping London: What’s the plan?
The Economist, 16/02/2013, Unattributed
Tony Travers, head of the Greater London Group at the London School of Economics, calls Nine Elms a symptom of the “Hong Kongification” of the city. London has a fast-growing population but also a tight “green belt” which stops it from sprawling. If it cannot go out, it must go up. Nine Elms is therefore going to be three times as dense as London as a whole—jam-packed with tall apartment blocks, with a cluster of towers at its eastern end.
http://www.economist.com/news/britain/21571932-how-foreigners-green-belt-and-hostility-planning-have-shaped-biggest-redevelopment?fsrc=rss|btn|
CUT MY LONG HAIR at 71? No chance!
Daily Mail, 15/02/2013, p.22, Jeannette Kupfermann
AGE 26: STYLED FOR SEDUCTION HERE, I'm newly married and madly in love. This was taken when I was in New York taking a Masters degree after studying at the London School of Economics. I met Jacques on a blind date and it was love at first sight. He proposed on our second date and I accepted.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2278950/Cut-long-hair-71-No-chance-In-enchanting-picture-diary-JEANETTE-KUPFERMANN-shows-flowing-locks-stay--
critics-say.html|
LSE online
Urban responses to climate change: the transport battleground
guardian.co.uk (Web), 15/02/2013, Tim Smedley
Speaking at the Urban Age Electric Cities conference in December, Anthony Giddens, former director of the London School of Economics and author of The Politics of Climate Change', argued that "the two great convergent themes of living in the city today are on the one hand, the [dependence on] an electric grid, and the other environmental sustainability.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/sustainable-business/climate-change-transport-urban-environments-cities|
[Perspectives] Robert Beaglehole and Ruth Bonita: NCD champions
Lancet - Richard Lane - Feb 15 at 5:32 GMT
strong sense of social justice. Beaglehole was influenced by his academic father, an anthropologist who studied at the London School of Economics and worked with Margaret Mead. He recalls being a “very average...
http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(13)60136-1/fulltext?rss=yes|
BISP run by autonomous board, says Farzana Raja
The News International - Feb 15 at 2:47 GMT
Punjab, and pointed to historical mismatches between supply and demand of skills training being offered. Joining through videoconference London School of Economics’ professor Dr Mairteesh Ghatak cited the...
http://www.thenews.com.pk/Todays-News-2-160123-BISP-run-by-autonomous
-board,-says-Farzana-Raja|
Se lanza el primer máster global en banca responsable (translate)
ABC.es - Feb 15 at 1:47 GMT
por el Instituto de Estudios Bursátiles (IEB), un centro dedicado a la formación financiera, en colaboración con la London School of Economics (LSE) y el World Savings Banks Institute (WSBI). La primera edición...
http://www.abc.es/sociedad/20130215/abci-bancresponsable-aula-201302141858.html|
Obituary: Bill Eadington
Sierra Sun - Feb 15 at 0:40 GMT
of Fame with a Special Achievement Award for Gaming Education. Bill served as an Academic Visitor to the London School of Economics, as a Visiting Professor at the Center for Addiction Studies, Harvard Medical...
http://www.sierrasun.com/ARTICLE/20130214/NEWS/130219947/1056/RSS|
Se buscan embajadores ‘amateur’ para Cataluña (translate)
El País - Feb 14 at 20:35 GMT
en Barcelona. Licenciado en Ciencias Políticas, máster en Análisis Económica Aplicada y diplomado en Asuntos Europeos por la London School of Economics, fue secretario general de Exteriores entre 2004 y 2007...
http://ccaa.elpais.com/ccaa/2013/02/14/catalunya/1360872696_778458.html|
Acordo comercial EUA-Europa indica desafio para Brasil (translate)
Terra Brasil - Feb 14 at 20:05 GMT
e EUA não parece uma boa notícia", opina. Para Erik van der Marel, especialista em negociações comerciais da London School of Economics, ainda é cedo para entender até que ponto o acordo poderia fazer produtores...
http://noticias.terra.com.br/mundo/acordo-comercial-eua-europa-indica-desafio-
para-brasil,a16aa798579dc310VgnCLD2000000ec6eb0aRCRD.html|
Freeze government salaries and increase the minimum wage
Examiner.com - James George, Politics Examiner - Feb 14 at 14:35 GMT
President's Commission to Strengthen Social Security, 2001 Director of Research, Congressional Institute, 1998-99 Education Ph.D., government, London School of Economics M.Sc., financial economics, University...
https://www.examiner.com/article/freeze-government-salaries-and-increase-the-minimum-wage?cid=rss|
Europe just as entrepreneurial as the US, says London VC study
Investment Europe - Caroline Allen - Feb 14 at 14:08 GMT
lagging behind the US in respect to the financing of entrepreneurship, according to a new study from the London School of Economics The study by Dr Ulf Axelson and Milan Martinovic of London...
http://www.investmenteurope.net/investment-europe/news/2243968/europe-just-
as-entrepreneurial-as-the-us-says-london-vc-study?WT.rss_f=&WT.rss_a=Europe+just+as+entrepreneurial+as+the+US%2C+says+London+VC+study|
11 Ministers Get Nod
Modern Ghana - Daily Guide - Feb 14 at 13:18 GMT
in Ghana.Dr. Daannaa obtained a doctorate degree in legal anthropology and a degree in Law from the London School of Economics and Political Science between 1986 and 1992.He also obtained a Masters' degree...
http://www.modernghana.com/news/445569/1/11-ministers-get-nod.html|
Mercados: ¿Calma antes de la tormenta? (translate)
CNNExpansion.com - Ralph Atkins - Feb 14 at 12:23 GMT
seriamente, entonces el alza en las correlaciones es una oportunidad maravillosa", dice Paul Woolley, investigador senior de la London School of Economics. Sin embargo, los banqueros y los financieros están...
http://www.cnnexpansion.com/economia/2013/02/13/mercados-calma-antes-de
-la-tormenta|
Buch promocionará la Comunidad en el corazón financiero de Londres (translate)
ABC.es - Feb 14 at 8:56 GMT
al tiempo, facilitar la promoción de nuevos talentos emprendedores. La cita tendrá lugar el próximo lunes en la London School of Economics (LSE). El dirigente designado por el Ejecutivo autonómico para dictar...
http://www.abc.es/comunidad-valencia/20130214/abcp-buch-promocionara
-comunidad-corazon-20130214.html|
LSE on TV/radio
BBC 1 London (14 February 2013)
Pointless
LSE features as one of the possible answers for the question ‘Universities in the top 50 of the QS World Rankings.
Also on: BBC 1 Yorkshire and North Midlands, BBC 1 West Midlands, BBC 1 Oxford, BBC 1 North East and Cumbria, BBC 1 East, BBC 1 East Midlands, BBC 1 West, BBC 1 South, BBC 1 Wales, BBC 1 North West, BBC 1 South East, BBC 1 Northern Ireland, BBC 1 Yorkshire and Lincolnshire, BBC 1 South West, BBC 1 Scotland
BBC 2 England (14 February 2013)
The Genius of Invention
Dr Jonathan Liebanau was interviewed about how quickly it takes inventions to catch on.
Also on: BBC 2 Scotland, BBC 2 Wales
BBC Wales (14 February 2013)
Professor Rodney Barker was interviewed about Harold Wilson, former leader of the Labour party.