LSE in print
Who wants to be a millionaire? 10% of us already are
The Guardian, 22/05/2013, p.13, Tom Clark
One British household in every 10 now has total assets exceeding £1m, according to a new book based on work at the London School of Economics published on Wednesday. Wealth in the UK crunched the findings from a comprehensive official survey that took place between 2008 and 2010, and found that 10% of households had total wealth of £967,200 or more. The lead author, Prof John Hills – who previously headed Whitehall's National Equality Panel – says a subsequent surge in stock markets, London house prices and the valuation of occupational pensions will "have pushed the entry point into that wealthiest tenth over the million-pound mark today".
http://www.guardian.co.uk/money/2013/may/21/british-household-1m-assets|
South drives house price increase to 2004 levels
The Daily Telegraph, 22/05/2013, p.4, Rosie Murray-West
Meanwhile, one in 10 British households now has assets exceeding £1m thanks to a rise in house prices and pensions. The finding is part of a new book by the London School of Economics titled Wealth in the UK.
Bank was involved in EU bonus cap decision
The Times, 22/05/2013, p.39, Sam Coates
Meanwhile, a report by the London School of Economics yesterday revealed that bankers took a disproportionate share of the increase in earnings in the decade to 2008. The top 1 per cent of earners in Britain increased their share of the income pie by 2.9 percentage points, from 12.5 per cent to 15.4 per cent. Almost two thirds of this increase went to workers in the financial services sector, though they account for only one fifth of such high earners, according to the study by Brian Bell and John Van Reenen, of the LSE’s Centre for Economic Performance.
China offers fresh hope in global warming war
The Independent, 22/05/2013, p.26, Tom Bawden
“This is very exciting news,” said Lord Stern, chair of the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change at the London School of Economics. “Such an important move should encourage all countries, and particularly the other large emitters such as the United States, to take stronger action on climate change. And it improves the prospects for a strong international treaty being agreed at the United Nations climate change summit in 2015,” added Lord Stern, who, in his 2006 report for the UK government on the financial implications of climate change, produced what many regard as the world's single most influential political document on the subject.
http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/climate-change/china-agrees-to-impose-carbon-targets-by-2016-8626101.html|
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China to cap greenhouse gas emissions from 2016
i (The paper for today), 22/05/2013, p.10, Tom Bawden
Karachi murder was political killing, victim's family claim
The Times, 22/05/2013, p.28, Robin Pagnamenta
Mrs Hussain was a longtime friend of Mr Khan, who is said to be “absolutely incensed” by the attack. Educated at the elite St Joseph’s convent school in Karachi, she studied at the LSE before working for the United Nations in New York. When she returned to her home city, she became a lecturer in international relations at Karachi university before entering politics, where she was working on the PTI’s education policy. Her husband, an Air Force officer and diplomat, died several years ago.
A start¬up that is fit for purpose
Financial Times, 22/05/2013, p.14, James Pickford
The Bells, who met as students at the London School of Economics, are expecting their first child in October. But Mrs Bell says she will remain fully committed to the business. “The baby will be in the office,” she quips.
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/994fff4a-c13b-11e2-b93b-00144feab7de.html#axzz2U0HCm6Vi|
LSE online
Leader: How to reform a society in which parentage dictates progress
New Statesman (Web), 21/05/2013, Unattributed
A 2010 study by the London School of Economics found that state school pupils were 4 per cent more likely to get a first-class or 2:1 degree than their privately educated counterparts. If fee-paying schools are to justify their charitable status and the tax breaks that follow, they should, as the Labour peer and former schools ministers Andrew Adonis has argued, be required at the very least to take on responsibility for the governance and leadership of state academies, and create partnerships with and opportunities for local schools, as indeed Eton has.
http://www.newstatesman.com/lifestyle/society/2013/05/leader-how-reform-society-which-parentage-dictates-progress|
They might cut crime, says ambassador
Telegraph (Web), 21/05/2013, Christopher Hope
He said: "The tabloid media associates them with theft, trafficking and begging; but evidence produced by the LSE [London School of Economics] shows that the crime rate in neighbourhoods that have experienced mass immigration from Eastern Europe – Romania included – has fallen significantly.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/immigration/10069250/Thousands-of-Romanian-migrant-arrivals-next-year-might-cut-crime-says-its-ambassador.html|
New research shows strong link between CEO pay and firm performance
City AM (Web), 21/05/2013, Peter Spence
New research conducted by the LSE's Centre for Economic Performance has found that pay inequality has exploded since 1980, yet the link between high pay and high performance may be stronger than thought.
http://www.cityam.com/blog/new-research-shows-strong-link-between-ceo-pay
-and-firm-performance|
Six million suffer fuel poverty in UK
RINF.com - Mick Meaney - May 22 at 6:36 BST
7 billion. In 2012, a report by Professor John Hills from the London School of Economics stated, “In February 2012, official statistics showed that carbon emissions rose for the first time...
http://rinf.com/alt-news/breaking-news/six-million-suffer-fuel-poverty-in-uk/35194/|
Myanmar: Obamas zweifelhafter Besuch (translate)
Die Zeit - ZEIT ONLINE - Frederic Spohr - May 21 at 16:20 BST
Schutz der Minderheiten zu erzwingen. Der Myanmare Maung Zarni, der an der London School of Economics über sein Heimatland forscht, wählte auf einer Veranstaltung mit ausländischen Journalisten...
http://www.zeit.de/politik/ausland/2013-05/birma-usa-obama-theinsein|
Peter Gumbel: "Les réseaux de pouvoir français sont incestueux et malsains" (translate)
Lexpress.fr - Marie Caroline Missir - May 21 at 15:40 BST
universités, notamment aux Etats-Unis, à l'Université de Virginia ou à la London School of Economics en Grande-Bretagne, c'est l'université elle-même qui a traité le problème. A Sciences Po, l...
http://www.lexpress.fr/actualite/societe/peter-gumbel-les-reseaux-de-pouvoir
-francais-sont-incestueux-et-malsains_1250365.html|
Myanmar lagging in telecoms market
ABC Radio Australia - May 21 at 9:08 BST
that it has in other countries, according to Brekke.BREKKE: We asked London School of Economics to look at what is the relationship between mobile penetration and GDP growth, and we found a...
http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/asia/radio/program/connect-asia/myanmar-lagging
-in-telecoms-market/1133968|
Η Κεντρική Τράπεζα, ως Αρχή Εξυγίανσης, θα ορίσει τον νέο CEO (translate)
Kathimerini.com.cy - May 21 at 13:30 BST
Management. Γεννήθηκε το 1954 στη Λευκωσία και είναι πτυχιούχος Οικονομικών από το London School of Economics και μεταπτυχιακών σπουδών (MBA) από το London Business School. Την περίοδο 1979...
http://www.kathimerini.com.cy/index.php?pageaction=kat&modid=1&artid=134236|
Conor Gearty: Michael Collins was civil warrior cast in the mould of George Washington
Irish Independent - May 21 at 13:08 BST
what really matters.Conor Gearty, Professor of Human Rights Law at the London School of Economics – and grandnephew of Kitty Kiernan – delivers the Hugh M Fitzpatrick Lecture on Michael Collins
http://www.independent.ie/opinion/analysis/conor-gearty-michael-collins-was-civil-warrior-cast-in-the-mould-of-george-washington-29282001.html|
Three Labour candidates vie to take on Caroline Lucas in Brighton Pavilion
Brighton and Hove News - Frank le Duc - May 21 at 9:37 BST
– the deputy director of the Institute of Public Affairs at the London School of Economics and a local party activist in Brighton Anne Marie Waters – a lawyer who grew up in Dublin and lives in South London The candidate will be...
http://www.brightonandhovenews.org/2013/05/21/three-labour-candidates-vie-to-
take-on-caroline-lucas-in-brighton-pavilion/21479|
Framsókn fékk umboðið vegna loforða sinna (translate)
RUV - RÚV - May 21 at 13:21 BST
sagði Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson, forseti Íslands, sem sat fyrir svörum á málþingi London School of Economics í Lundúnum um helgina. Richard Quest, fréttamaður á CNN, kynnti forsetann með miklum...
http://www.ruv.is/frett/framsokn-fekk-umbodid-vegna-loforda-sinna|