LSE in print
Help the white boys, says schools adviser
The Daily Telegraph, 14/10/2013, p.4, John Bingham
Dr Leunig, a London School of Economics academic working as a government policy adviser, told members of the Association of School and College Leaders: "We, as a society, have to ask ourselves: why
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/educationnews/10375879/White-boys-the-problem-for-Britains-schools-says-Government-aide.html|
White pupils in need of the most help, says schools adviser
The Independent, 14/10/2013, p.7, Richard Garner
Dr Leunig was absolutely right to emphasise that it would be absolutely wrong to tolerate under-performance of any group." Dr Leunig, an economist on secondment from the London School of Economics who is working on new secondary school league table measures for the Department for Education, is no stranger to controversy.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/education/education-news/white-pupils-are
-the-big-problemin-state-schools-says-government-adviser-tim-leunig-8877518.html|
Dealing with under-performance by white [...]
The Times, 14/10/2013, p.4, Michael Savage
Tim Leunig, on secondment from the London School of Economics to the Department of Education, told a group of head teachers that white children came out consistently worst in a performance measure that tracks progress.
Another country
The Sunday Times, 13/10/2013, p.40, John Arlidge
"If the Scottish parliament can levy its own taxes, why not London, whose economy is almost three times bigger?" asks Tony Travers at the London School of Economics (LSE). With a GDP of more than £300bn, London city state would be the ninth largest "country" in Europe.
World Diary
Financial Times, 14/10/2013, p.26, Emmanuelle Smith
How can the data revolution make government more effective and improve policy making. After the Arab Spring The London School of Economics holds a public lecture hosted by Paul Danahar, author of The new Middle East: the world after the Arab Spring - which is also the name
Why managers 'hug' benchmark
Financial Times, 12/10/2013, p.12,
Letter from Simon CY Wong, Visiting Fellow, London School of Economics. “John Authers’ account of the prevalence and persistence of closet indexing overlooked two important contributing factors, namely “tracking error” and “overweight/underweight” constraints that have become ubiquitous in portfolio management “
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/d5dbda3e-31bf-11e3-817c-00144feab7de.html#axzz2hg6jE900|
APPEASEMENT WON'T REDUCE THE PERIL OF A NUCLEAR IRAN
The Daily Telegraph, 14/10/2013, p.21, Mark Kirk
is vital that both the British and the American governments remain clear-eyed about the nature of that regime and its nuclear ambitions. As a committed Anglophile, who studied at the London School of Economics and worked in the House of Commons during the Thatcher revolution, I have always been an admirer of your country.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/iran/10376354/
Appeasement-wont-reduce-the-peril-of-a-nuclear-Iran.html|
Risk-taker challenges Bloomberg
Financial Times, 12/10/2013, p.16, Philip Stafford
His ties to London run deep. The UK capital is not only Markit's headquarters but his family has long been settled there and Mr Uggla holds an MSc from the London School of Economics. It is also home to his beloved Arsenal football team.
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/67545f64-31c4-11e3-a16d-00144feab7de.html#axzz2hg6jE900|
Life class
The Observer, 13/10/2013, p.6, Unattributed
A similarity of religion or education may make this sort of thing more likely - the friend who left school early to get married, but then went to the LSE in her 20s to find she was sitting next to a young lad whose father had been her rabbi - but given that you never know who might have
Where has property's Mr Get Rich Quick gone?
The Guardian, 12/10/2013, p.6, Unattributed
But only four months later, the London School of Economics dropout has disappeared, leaving a trail of tenants fearing that their deposits, some for more than £700, will never be returned.
http://www.theguardian.com/money/2013/oct/09/rent-to-rent-disappears-daniel-
burton|
LSE online
Labour backs parent-led schools
BBC (Web), 13/10/2013, Unattributed
will be on your side. "We are in favour of enterprise and innovation." More generally, Mr Hunt said there needed to be more focus on vocational education with support for further education colleges and apprenticeships in industry.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-24510283|
Pink List 2013: Ones to watch
The Independent (Web), 12/10/2013, Unattributed
Jessica Clark Actress Played the vampire goddess Lilith in the hit US show True Blood and also co-starred in Nicole Conn’s film A Perfect Ending. Clark studied law at the London School of Economics then switched to modelling and acting.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/news/pink-list-2013-ones-to-watch-8876334.html|
Angola Set to Impose Up to 10% Tax on Oil Companies
Bloomberg - Colin McClelland - Oct 14 at 3:43 BST
expanded the net of taxable services,” Emily Anderson, a researcher at the London School of Economics, said in an e-mailed response to questions. “Closing loopholes in the fiscal system will...
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-10-13/angola-set-to-impose-up-to-10-tax-
on-oil-companies.html|
U.S. Risks Joining 1933 Germany to King Edward III in Pantheon of Defaults
Bloomberg - John Glover - Oct 14 at 0:10 BST
1922, according to Albrecht Ritschl, a professor of economic history at the London School of Economics. That forced the country to borrow to pay its creditors, in what Ritschl calls a Ponzi scheme...
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-10-13/u-s-risks-joining-1933-germany-in-pantheon-of-deadbeat-defaults.html|
Will Africa pull out of the ICC?
BBC - Oct 11 at 8:16 BST
Darfur. "The Kenyatta and Ruto trials have brought tensions to a head," London School of Economics researcher Mark Kersten, who set up the Justice in Conflict blog, told the BBC. "The perception...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-24452288|
The madness of capital
Aljazeera.com, 13 October 2013
Dr Jason Hickel lectures at the London School of Economics and serves as an adviser to /The Rules. He has contributed political critique and analysis to various ...
http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2013/10/madness-capital-20131013104914501596.html|
Yellen brings long-held focus on...
Minneapolis Star Tribune - Oct 13 at 3:35 BST
as a staff economist in 1977 before leaving to teach at the London School of Economics and then for 14 years at the UC-Berkeley. She left in 1994 to be a Fed governor and then stayed on in Washington...
http://www.startribune.com/business/227441271.html|
Yellen: Five things you didn't know
CNN - Oct 12 at 16:24 BST
take on an assistant professor role at Harvard, a lecturer at the London School of Economics and Political Science followed by 26 years as a professor at University of California at Berkeley...
http://europe.cnn.com/2013/10/10/business/5-things-you-didnt-know/index.html?hpt=ibu_c2|
On the train to revolution
Al Jazeera - Oct 12 at 16:06 BST
Global South. Tarak Barkawi is Reader in the Department of International Relations, London School of Economics1351
http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2013/10/train-revolution-20131012132848735479.html|
Outspoken President keeps his eye on the ball
Irish Independent - Oct 12 at 7:42 BST
he says.But the President raised some hackles with speeches at the London School of Economics, the Sorbonne University in Paris and the European Parliament in Strasbourg, which were interpreted...
http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/politics/outspoken-president-keeps-his-eye
-on-the-ball-29654712.html|
London School of Economics Declares: “Anti-Piracy Kills ...
Digital Music News
LSE argues that there is absolutely no evidence that the 23 percent to 25 percent increase in iTunes sales after the French HADOPI's implementation was a ...
http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/permalink/2013/10/10/sestudy|
Nigel Godrich Blasts Google, Spotify, London Economics Over File-Sharing Study
SPIN - Music News, Album Reviews, Concert Photos, MP3s, Videos and More - Kyle McGovern - Oct 12 at 2:23 BST
on Tumblr, posting a scathing take-down of a recent study by the London School of Economics that argues in favour of file-sharing...
http://www.spin.com/articles/nigel-godrich-spotify-london-school-economics-file-sharing-tumblr-atoms-peace/|
The face of how file-sharing hurts
Canberra Times - Oct 11 at 22:59 BST
Australian songwriter Garry Paige does not know much about the London School of Economics, but after hearing the university's assertion that online piracy is not hurting the music industry, he...
http://www.canberratimes.com.au/entertainment/music/musicians-seethe-over-academics-approval-of-filesharing-20131010-2vbiy.html|
The face of how file-sharing hurts
Melbourne Age - Oct 11 at 21:47 BST
Australian songwriter Garry Paige does not know much about the London School of Economics, but after hearing the university's assertion that online piracy is not hurting the music industry, he...
http://www.theage.com.au/entertainment/music/musicians-seethe-over-academics-approval-of-filesharing-20131010-2vbiy.html|
Why File-Sharing Could Save The Entertainment Industry, Not Destroy It
Business Insider - Harrison Jacobs - Oct 11 at 19:36 BST
industry is making money in other areas. See this chart from the London School of Economics and Political Science's policy brief on file-sharing, released last month: London School of Economics and Political ScienceThe dip in record sales over...
http://www.businessinsider.com/file-sharing-could-save-the-entertainment-industry-2013-10|
Let's get physical
Western Morning News - Oct 12 at 5:53 BST
their treatment regime as medication. The new study, by researchers at the London School of Economics, Harvard Medical School and Stanford University School of Medicine, analysed the results...
http://www.westernmorningnews.co.uk/Let-s-physical/story-19924936-detail/
story.html|
Let's get physical
Plymouth Herald - Oct 12 at 5:36 BST
their treatment regime as medication. The new study, by researchers at the London School of Economics, Harvard Medical School and Stanford University School of Medicine, analysed the results...
http://www.plymouthherald.co.uk/Let-s-physical/story-19924936-detail/story.html|
Going green can make good money sense
CHINAdaily - Oct 14 at 6:34 BST
the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment at the London School of Economics, described the urgent need to decarbonise energy by the second half of the century in order...
http://usa.chinadaily.com.cn/epaper/2013-10/14/content_17030061.htm|
Piratería en internet y responsabilidad individual (translate)
El Confidencial - Oct 14 at 6:11 BST
veces estará justificado y otras no.Así entiendo la recomendación de la London School of Economics cuando promueve un uso justo de los contenidos en internet por parte de los individuos, al...
http://blogs.elconfidencial.com/cultura/tribuna-de-expertos/2013-10-14/pirateria-en-internet-y-responsabilidad-individual_40784/|
Who will win Nobel prize for economics?
ABS-CBN News - Oct 14 at 4:10 BST
of Technology, Dale Mortensen of Northwestern University and Christopher Pissarides of the London School of Economics. Their work on the labour market is authoritative, but even a Nobel win
http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/business/10/14/13/who-will-win-nobel-prize-
economics|
Janet Yellen: Die Herrin des Geldes
Finanzen.net - Nele Husmann, €uro am Sonntag - Oct 14 at 2:06 BST
perfektem Lebenslauf Die kommende Notenbankchefin der USA lehrte in Harvard, an der London School of Economics und in Berkeley. 1994 wurde sie zur Gouverneurin der Fed von San Francisco berufen...
http://www.finanzen.net/nachricht/private-finanzen/Kopf-der-Woche-Janet-Yellen-Die-Herrin-des-Geldes-2708899|
Singapore minister named finance minister of the year
China Post - Oct 13 at 17:57 BST
timelier reforms and better regulatory coordination, it added. With degrees from the London School of Economics, Harvard University and the University of Cambridge, he “is regarded as one of...
http://www.chinapost.com.tw/asia/singapore/2013/10/14/391217/Singapore-minister.htm|
Eco, security experts to address Philcoman Congress
Philippine Star - Oct 13 at 17:54 BST
National Security;”Dr. Ernie Gonzales, post-doctoral fellow of the Asia Research Center, London School of Economics and Political Science and UP-Manila graduate program professor, will speak...
http://www.philstar.com/business/2013/10/14/1244907/eco-security-experts-
address-philcoman-congress|
Weak Libyan state allows militias to wreak havoc
Gulf News - Oct 13 at 17:12 BST
News and Media Ltd Ranj Alaaldin is a doctoral researcher at the London School of Economics and Political Science, where he focuses on Iraq and sectarian conflict in the Middle East.
http://gulfnews.com/opinions/columnists/weak-libyan-state-allows-militias-to-wreak-havoc-1.1242806|
Depression koster Europas erhvervsliv milliarder hvert år
Politiken.dk - Lone Theils - Oct 13 at 13:04 BST
uden nogen reel forklaring fra ledelserne«.Gruppen af virksomheder, der samarbejder med London School of Economics og ILO (International Labour Organization), ventes at komme med en række anbefaling
http://politiken.dk/oekonomi/arbejdsmarked/ECE2102669/depression-koster
-europas-erhvervsliv-milliarder-hvert-aar/|
Problemas e dívidas freiam vida cultural em Madri
O Globo Online - Rafael Méndez e Álvaro de Cózar - Oct 13 at 11:04 BST
continua a pesar - analisou Olivia Muñoz-Rojas, socióloga especialista em cidades pela London School of Economics. Essa madrilenha que mora em Paris acredita que a capital espanhola deveria...
http://oglobo.globo.com/mundo/problemas-dividas-freiam-vida-cultural-em-madri-10342773|
Las mujeres más poderosas de la economía
ABC.es Sevilla - F. P. M / j.v - Oct 13 at 10:02 BST
Yale en 1971, ha sido profesora en centros tan prestigiosos como Harvard, London School of Economics y Berkeley, donde comenzó a dar clase en 1980 y que recientemente le otorgó el título de profesora...
http://www.abcdesevilla.es/economia/20131013/abci-mujeres-determinantes-economia-mundial-201310102125_1.html|
Svartmålning satte färg på ”Red Ed”
SvD - Therese Larsson Hultin - Oct 13 at 2:16 BST
ska förlora kriget". Lägg därtill att Ralph Miliband blev professor på prestigeskolan London School of Economics och att han fram till sin död 1994 var en av Storbritanniens mest kända marxister...
http://www.svd.se/nyheter/utrikes/svartmalning-satte-farg-pa-red-ed_8611196.svd|
Malvinas claim mentioned at 65th anniversary celebration of Anglo-Argentine Society in London
Merco Press - Oct 13 at 1:13 BST
the conferences held at the universities of Oxford, Cambridge, Nottingham, Manchester and London School of Economics. Argentina is a peaceful and democratic country which has a special interest...
http://en.mercopress.com/2013/10/12/malvinas-claim-mentioned-at-65th-
anniversary-celebration-of-anglo-argentine-society-in-london|
Hollywood Attacks London School of Economics Scholars Who Deny The Evils of Piracy
Daily Kos - rss@dailykos.com - Oct 13 at 0:41 BST
the research. This happened again this week when the MPAA “debunked” a London School of Economics paper that countered several industry conclusions regarding online piracy. Talking to TorrentFreak...
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/10/12/1246480/-Hollywood-Attacks-London
-School-of-Economics-Scholars-Who-Deny-The-Evils-of-Piracy|
Nobel economists: Masters of theory, if not of practice
Economic Times - Oct 13 at 5:32 BST
of Technology, Dale Mortensen of Northwestern University and Christopher Pissarides of the London School of Economics. Their work on the labour market is authoritative, but even a Nobel win...
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/news-by-industry/et-cetera/nobel-economists-masters-of-theory-if-not-of-practice/articleshow/24076762.cms|
African Union Urges International Court to Delay Kenyan President's Trial
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - Oct 12 at 23:09 BST
Security Council in particular," said Mark Kersten, a researcher at the London School of Economics and author of the blog Justice in Conflict. "Over the last few years, the I.C.C. has built a...
http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/news/world/african-union-urges-international-court-to-delay-kenyan-presidents-trial-707325/|
Debate rages over live Internet screenings of East Riding Council...
Hull Daily Mail - Oct 11 at 10:53 BST
meeting. Picture: Jack Harland • • • • A student at the London School of Economics, the 21-year-old councillor for the Tranby ward in Anlaby is a keen advocate of Twitter, with more...
http://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/Debate-rages-live-Internet-screenings-East-Riding
/story-19920817-detail/story.html|
Champ in UK misses local karting circuit
Philippine Star - Oct 12 at 18:25 BST
said high in his wish list of universities to enter are the London School of Economics and the University of Chicago. “I know my dad will be disappointed when I stop racing but my mom, who always...
http://www.philstar.com/sports/2013/10/13/1244671/champ-uk-misses-local-karting-circuit|
"Esa es la forma de ser mía....yo no voy a decir nada" Kevin Harrington-Shelton (translate)
El País.cr - Oct 12 at 16:00 BST
oficiales. La defensa de Ricardo Martinelli Linares, con estudios en el prestigioso London School of Economics, es que él no estaría negociando en los audios difundidos en los medios, porque...
http://www.elpais.cr/frontend/noticia_detalle/3/86768|
Explainer: What To Know About The Looming U.S. Debt-Ceiling Crisis
Radio Free Europe - Oct 11 at 15:33 BST
financial markets," says Ethan Ilzetzki, a professor of economics at the London School of Economics. "For one thing, these assets are used as reserves by many private banks, by many central banks...
http://www.rferl.org/content/us-debt-crisis-explainer/25134216.html|
Biographical information for Janet Yellen
Las Vegas Sun
... at London School of Economics and Political Science, 1978-80; economist, ... EDUCATION _ Bachelor's degree in economics from Brown University, 1967; ...
http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2013/oct/12/us-biobox-yellen/|
Janet Yellen: Five things you didn't know
CNN - Oct 11 at 12:21 BST
take on an assistant professor role at Harvard, a lecturer at the London School of Economics and Political Science followed by 26 years as a professor at University of California at Berkeley...
http://edition.cnn.com/2013/10/10/business/5-things-you-didnt-know/index.html?hpt=ibu_c2|
Fenomén Babiš na vlně antipolitiky (translate)
Aktuálnì.cz - Oct 12 at 6:49 BST
mne Sidebar Alexander Tomský Politolog a nakladatel. Po studiích mezinárodních vztahů na London School of Economics a tomistické filosofie na London Institute of Education pracoval jako...
http://blog.aktualne.centrum.cz/blogy/alexander-tomsky.php?itemid=21249|
High Stakes: Making Sense of a Banking Intern's Death
Spiegel Online - Christoph Scheuermann - Oct 11 at 17:54 BST
resume," he told his mother. Although he was accepted at the London School of Economics, he chose to stay in Germany instead. He attended the WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management near the...
http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/how-moritz-erhardt-worked-himself-to
-the-top-a-927174.html|
(Quasi) tutto il mondo medita sul rapporto IPCC (translate)
La Stampa - Mariagrazia Midulla - Oct 11 at 17:51 BST
sente: Sir David King, già consigliere scientifico britannico, e Lord Richard Layard ( London School of Economics) rompono gli indugi e dicono che ci vuole un piano globale per l’energia solare...
http://www.lastampa.it/2013/10/11/blogs/clima-italia-chiama-mondo/quasi-tutto-il-mondo-medita-sul-rapporto-ipcc-23zvyvgYXfDgrcDPJtwcyI/pagina.html|
Türkei - Von London lernen… (translate)
Berliner Zeitung - Frank Nordhausen - Oct 11 at 14:43 BST
seiner türkischen Form einer islamisch-konservativen Regierung. Der verheiratete Historiker, der an der London School of Economics studierte und jetzt in Istanbul als Dolmetscher arbeitet, ist...
http://www.berliner-zeitung.de/politik/tuerkei-von-london-lernen-,10808018,24599524.html|
Las niñas, las grandes olvidadas (translate)
El Mundo - Amanda Figueras - Oct 11 at 11:33 BST
de morir en un desastre que los hombres. Una investigación de la London School of Economics (LSE) realizada en 141 países puso de manifiesto que los niños reciben generalmente un trato más preferente...
http://www.elmundo.es/elmundo/2013/10/10/internacional/1381430463.html|
Inside the Prime Minister’s Office
Macleans.ca - Aaron Wherry - Oct 11 at 9:22 BST
with the day-to-day headlines. The 29-year-old holds a law degree from the London School of Economics and is the founder and former president of EthicalOil.org, an organization created to promote the idea, advanced by Ezra Levant’s book of the same...
http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/10/11/inside-the-prime-ministers-office/|
José Viñals, la única voz española que resuena ahora en el FMI (translate)
ABC.es - rika MONTAÑÉS - Oct 11 at 9:09 BST
página web del FMI, figuran también un Máster en Economía por la London School of Economics y un Doctorado en Economía de la Universidad de Harvard. Fue igualmente miembro de la Facultad del...
http://www.abc.es/economia/20131011/abci-espanol-jose-vinals-201310101
431.html|
LSE on TV/Radio
In the Balance
BBC World Service, 12/10/2013
Danny Quah discusses the end of American exceptionalism.
News
BBC London 94.9FM, 12/10/2013
Commentary on the issue of freedom of expression at LSE.
News
BBC Manchester, 12/10/2013
Mention of LSE Students’ Union in discussion of banning The Sun.