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HS2 benefits are made up, MPs told
The Daily Telegraph 06/11/2013, p.2, David Millward
The £50billion HS2 scheme were "essentially made up" a former member of Whitehall's high speed rail advisory panel has told MPs. Henry Overman, professor of economic geography at the London School of Economics said he had quit the panel after he felt its role changed from providing independent advice to promoting the project.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/road-and-rail-transport/10427468/HS2-benefits-essentially-made-up-economists-tell-MPs.html|
Experts pour cold water on HS2 benefits
City AM, 06/11/2013, p.1, Marion Dakers
£15bn a year for the British economy, and Treasury select committee chair Andrew Tyrie said afterwards that the claim "has no firm statistical foundation". Henry Overman, a professor at the London School of Economics who formerly advised the government on HS2, said KPMG, which provided the forecast, "applied this procedure which is essentially made up".
http://www.cityam.com/article/1383703103/experts-pour-cold-water-hs2-benefits|
GBP15bn HS2 benefit has no 'statistical basis', MPs told
i (The paper for today), 06/11/2013, p.7, Peter Woodman
"I don't think the statistical work [in the KPMG report] is reliable. There are problems with the numbers they have generated." Henry Overman, professor of economic geography at the London School of Economics, said that there was "no statistical basis" for the KPMG £15bn annual benefit figure.
Growth that doesn't lift the poor
International New York Times, 06/11/2013, p.2, Adam Nossiter
As countries become more dependent on mineral and oil extraction, inequality increases. Indeed, a recent paper by two economists at the London School of Economics pointed out that per capita incomes in a large part of Africa are near the same level as in medieval Europe, arguing that caution about the…..
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/06/world/africa/behind-those-fast-growth-rates
-rising-inequality.html|
LSE online
15bn boost from HS2 is a sham, MPs are told
Mail Online UK (Web), 06/11/2013, Ray Massey
Government-commissioned accountants denied 'cherrypicking' figures to over-egg the benefits of the scheme. But Professor Overman, who specialises in economic geography at the London School of Economics, said he had resigned from the Government's high-speed rail advisory panel after believing its role had changed from giving independent advice to actively promoting the controversial…..
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2488110/15bn-boost-HS2-sham-MPs-told.html?ITO=1490&ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490|
KPMG defends key HS2 report
Financial Times - Nov 5 at 18:45 GMT
statistical work is reliable.” Henry Overman, professor of economic geography at the London School of Economics and a former adviser on HS2, went further. “They [KPMG] apply this procedure...
David Thomas obituary
Media news, UK and world media comment and analysis | theguardian.com - Keith Ewing - Nov 5 at 13:34 GMT
David's academic career began at the London School of Economics, a convenient location to enable him to conduct his research in the court of appeal nearby.He returned to Cambridge in 1971 to accept an appointment...
http://www.theguardian.com/law/2013/nov/05/david-thomas|
Miss Italia and misogyny banned as state broadcaster cleans up its act
guardian.co.uk (Web), 05/11/2013, Lizzy Davies
A woman of steely gaze but hearty laugh, Tarantola spent 41 years at the Bank of Italy after completing a master's degree at the London School of Economics. During those decades she emerged as an advocate for positive discrimination in order to get more women into decision-making roles.
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/nov/05/miss-italia-misogyny-banned-state
-tv-rai|
Ex-Australian PM John Howard Calls Climate Change 'Alarmists' as 'Religious Zealots', Global Warming Reports 'Exaggerrated'
International Business Times Canada - Nov 6 at 6:05 GMT
London School of Economics Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change Policy Director Bob Ward said the calculation...
http://ca.ibtimes.com/articles/519906/20131105/climate-change-global-warming-
ipcc-john-howard.htm|
Discredited economic theory holds Europe in deflationary thrall
Chicago Tribune - William Pfaff - Nov 6 at 1:14 GMT
paper by Vivien Schmidt of Boston University and Mark Thatcher of the London School of Economics asks why "neoliberal ideas continue to be the only ideas (apparently) available."
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/sns-201311051800--tms--wpfafftr--v-a20131105-20131105,0,7984328.column|
Champion: Back to Class Warfare in the U.K
Bloomberg - Nov 5 at 17:55 GMT
A new study from the London School of Economics suggests the persistence of Britain's class obsession should be unsurprising. It tracked the...
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-11-05/back-to-class-warfare-in-the-u-k-.html|
Turkey ready to get ‘married’ to EU
CNBC - Arjun Kharpal - Nov 5 at 16:15 GMT.
James Ker-Lindsay, senior research fellow at the London School of Economics told CNBC that the deal is "unlikely" to happen. "The thing is, both sides...
http://www.cnbc.com/id/101171170|
Barclays' chief UK economist to head Bank of England forecast team
Yahoo! Finance - Nov 5 at 15:32 GMT
LONDON (Reuters) - The Bank of England said on Tuesday that it had appointed Barclays' ( LSE:BARC) chief UK economist, Simon Hayes, to head its economic forecasting team.Hayes, who worked at the BoE...
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/barclays-chief-uk-economist-head-150231699.html|
Science for Peace 2013, John Breuilly: "Diversi nazionalismi: dei governi, anti establishment, contro lo Stato"
HuffingtonPost Italy - L'Huffington Post - Nov 5 at 17:00 GMT
John Breuilly è titolare della cattedra di Nationalism and Ethnicity presso la London School of Economics and Political Science . Interverrà nel dibattito intorno al tema "L'Unione tra scienza...
http://www.huffingtonpost.it/2013/11/05/science-for-peace-breuilly-nazionalismi-europei_n_4219401.html?utm_hp_ref=italy&ir=Italy|
最盛产百万富翁百名高校榜单出炉
BBC UKChina - Nov 5 at 12:39 GMT
“你可以看到像工程或金融类专业是如何高产富翁的，但有趣的是，这些课程的毕业生并不是完全按其专业就业。例如很多工程毕业生没有当工程师，而是成为企业家。许多来自法律和政治学专业的学生也是如此，没有在其本行业发展，而是从金融服务业开始。” 其他排入前500的英国高校还包括：第27名伦敦政治经济学院( London School of Economics, LSE)、第45名伦敦大学...
En agenda de Santos sí está la reelección
El Colombiano - SERGIO A. NARANJO M - Nov 6 at 5:16 GMT
de los estudiantes que hacía parte del público en el auditorio de London School of Economics en el Reino Unido. En ese momento apenas se empezaba a hablar de la negociación con las Farc. "Negociarem...
http://www.elcolombiano.com/BancoConocimiento/E/en_agenda_de_santos
_si_esta_la_reeleccion/en_agenda_de_santos_si_esta_la_reeleccion.asp|
Saccomanni a Londra rassicura politica e finanza
L'Arena - Società Athesis S.p.A - Nov 5 at 21:04 GMT
dello Scacchiere, George Osborne, per poi tenere, nel pomeriggio, una conferenza alla London School of economics sul tema dell'Europa. Oggi, dopo un incontro alla Banca d'Inghilterra con il nuovo...
ity...
http://www.larena.it/stories/Economia/585604_saccomanni_a_londra_
rassicura_politica_e_finanza/|
Sudanese author Leila Aboulela is dreaming of a lost future
Abu Dhabi National - Nov 5 at 17:16 GMT
I was 12, my mother went to get her doctorate at the London School of Economics. I was proud of her, and my father for supporting her? But it made me realise that we were a little unconventional...
http://www.thenational.ae/|
HE workers came out in force to join the national coordinated strike over pay last week
Socialist Worker - Nov 5 at 23:16 GMT
A Unison member at the London School of Economics said, “I’m struggling and I don’t have children. My concern really goes to people with families trying...
http://www.socialistworker.co.uk/art/36782/University+staff+strike++back+
against+pay+insult|
Hiltzik: How much are we willing to pay for the pursuit of happiness?
Denver Post - Nov 6 at 2:24 GMT
compiled by Jeffrey D. Sachs of Columbia University and colleagues from the London School of Economics and the University of British Columbia, four of the top five rankings are occupied by Denmark...
http://www.denverpost.com/opinion/ci_24458376/how-much-are-we-willing-
pay-pursuit-happiness|
Solving the Developing World's Gender Gap
Hawaii Reporter - Guest Contributor - Nov 5 at 20:01 GMT
One powerful explanation comes from London School of Economics professor Satoshi Kanazawa. She has found that women spend less time socializing outside their immediate friends and family because they carry...
http://www.hawaiireporter.com/solving-the-developing-worlds-gender-gap/123|
"España protege a los trabajadores en exceso y necesitará un contrato único"
Foros de economia y finanzas en Rankia - Empecinado - Nov 5 at 16:55 GMT
la que recuerda que creció muy unido. Pero al profesor de la London School of Economics y premio Nobel de Economía en 2010 por su trabajo sobre el mercado de trabajo, le cambia el gesto cuando habla de la gestión de la crisis...
http://www.rankia.com/foros/economia-politica/temas/2019188-espana-protege-trabajadores-exceso-necesitara-contrato-unico#respuesta_2019188|
Giro a la derecha al compás de la crisis
Republica.com.uy - Nov 5 at 12:23 GMT
estadísticas sobre la creciente desigualdad social son asombrosas. De acuerdo con la London School of Economics, hemos regresado a los tiempos de la reina Victoria (1837-1901) en un espacio de...
http://www.republica.com.uy/|
Νέος πρόεδρος στην Ενιαία Ανεξάρτητη Αρχή Δημοσίων Συμβάσεων
Taxydromos - Nov 5 at 17:09 GMT
Πανεπιστημίου Θεσσαλονίκης. Κατά το ακαδημαϊκό έτος 1994-1995, πραγματοποιεί μεταπτυχιακές σπουδές στα πανεπιστήμια London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) και Middlesex University...
http://www.taxydromos.gr/article.php?id=97019&cat=2|
LSE on TV/radio
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BBC Global with Jon Sopel, 06/11/2013
Dr Ruth Kattumuri, co-director, India Observatory LSE, talks about Indian space program.
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BBC Radio 4, 06/11/2013
Lord Desai talks about Indian space program.