LSE in print
Woodford move sparks debate on investment
The Daily Telegraph, 17/10/2013, p.2,
Mr Woodford's long horizons, and his dislike of a short-term focus on investment returns, is gaining currency. In a report last year Prof John Kay, of the London School of Economics, said the market's larger participants, in their pursuit of short term gains, had "forgotten" that exchanges existed "to provide companies with capital and to give savers
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/comment/telegraph-view/10384463/Its-Carney-versus-the-markets-and-the-Governors-winning.html|
Chasing trends is a dangerous game for the big investor
Financial Times, 17/10/2013, p.34, Paul Woolley
A code of best practice issued by the International Monetary Fund or Financial Stability Board would be a good start. Paul Woolley is senior fellow at the London School of Economics; Dimitri Vayanos, professor at the LSE, is co-writer Momentum is a losing strategy for long-term investors.
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/22b96a12-26d8-11e3-9dc0-00144feab7de.html|
Olive Stevenson
The Guardian, 17/10/2013, p.38, Phyllida Parsloe
But she thrived at school and won a place at Oxford to study English. She then trained in social work at the London School of Economics. Her first job was as a child care officer with Devon county council, which was known for its good practice.
http://www.theguardian.com/education/2013/oct/10/olive-stevenson|
X marks the spot
Times Higher Education, 17/10/2013, p.14
Students and staff are being asked to vote for their favourite design for a higher £90 million university building. Five shortlisted designs for the London School of Economics’ Global Centre for social sciences, which will replace several buildings at its stand campus, are currently on display at its main library.
http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/news/campus-round-up-17-october-2013/2008104.article|
State funded research: invaluable but invisible?
Times Higher Education 17/10/2013, p.16, Matthew Reisz
And Jane Tinkler, research fellow at the London School of Economics, reported on research that indicates that policymakers often valued academics less for specific research projects than for “expertise”, “long-term views” and “conceptual frameworks”, which she was “not sure the REF captures”.
http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/news/ref-and-policymakers-overlook-state-funded-research/2008161.article|
Joan Thirsk Obituary
Times Higher Education, p.24, 17/10/2013
During the Second World War, she served in the code-breaking centre at Bletchley Park. She went on to pursue an academic career, first as assistant lecturer in sociology at the London School of Economics, then senior research fellow in agrarian history at the University of Leicester (1951-65) and finally reader in economic history at the University of Oxford (1965-83).
http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/news/people/joan-thirsk-1922-2013/2008103.article|
The Scholarly web
Times Higher Education, p.25, 17/10/2013, Chris Parr
When two students from the London School of Economics atheist Society were allegedly threatened with being kicked out of their institutions fresher’s fair for wearing T-shirts featuring cartoons of Jesus and the prophet Muhammad…
http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/comment/opinion/the-scholarly-web-
17-october-2013/2008101.article|
Will Robbins ride again?
Times Higher Education, p.28, 17/10/2013
Within a year of the report’s appearance, the London School of Economics had set up its Unit for Economic and Statistical Studies in Higher Education, under the leadership of the same two academics who had led the Robbins Committee’s research.
http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/comment/opinion/can-the-spirit-of-the
-robbins-report-be-revived/2008177.article|
Another Red dawn?
Times Higher Education, p.30, 17/10/2013
But now that the media circus has moved on, how likely is it that the spike in readership posthumously enjoyed by the former University of Leeds and London School of Economics academic will spell a sustainable resurgence in the Marxist sociology of which he was a leading light in the 1960s and 1970s?
http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/comment/opinion/can-marx-retake-the-academy/2008175.article|
LSE online
From the archives: Beating the Market: Yes, it can be done
The Economist (Web), 16/10/2013,
Rethinking risk Yet few economists are prepared to abandon the efficient market. As Charles Goodhart, of the London School of Economics, points out, no one has thought up a better theory.
http://www.economist.com/blogs/freeexchange/2013/10/archives|
Take the EMBA plunge - it's worth it
New Statesman (Web), 16/10/2013,
track as well as more mature classmates in their fifties. Ryan Bogan, alum of TRIUM Global Executive MBA (an alliance between New York Stern School of Business (NYU Stern), the London School of Economics (LSE) and HEC School of Management, Paris (HEC Paris)) and former chief operating officer of LMI Aerospace explains that his EMBA experience was a transformational one.
http://www.newstatesman.com/business/2013/10/sponsored-post-take-emba-
plunge-its-worth-it|
Cardiff City truce after chairman Mehmet Dalman steps in
Mail Online UK (Web), 16/10/2013, Riath Alsamarrai
He previously served on the board from January 2012, drawing on his background in banking, having achieved an M.A. from the London School of Economics. He also studied International History and Social Administration in London and holds a BA. Significantly, considering Tan's football knowledge is understood to be limited, he does have
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2463034/Cardiff-City-truce-chairman-Mehmet-Dalman-steps-in.html|
Tax perks at risk, Mexico factories shelve growth plans
Reuters UK (Web), 16/10/2013, Alexandra Alper
put thanks to Mexico's natural advantages, from low wages to cheap transportation to the United States. Some experts agree. "It's ... crocodile tears," said Ehtisham Ahmad, a senior fellow at the London School of Economics who has advised Mexico to scrap the maquiladora tax regime all together. "These guys are not going to go away and stop producing." MANUFACTURING HUB OR TAX
http://uk.reuters.com/article/2013/10/16/uk-mexico-reforms-tax-analysis-idUKBRE99F11C20131016|
Euro Capitals Tighten Fiscal Leash as EU Starts Austerity Police
Washington Post - Oct 17 at 0:36 BST
with austerity is unabated,” said Paul De Grauwe, a professor at the London School of Economics.While there are no new penalties built into the system, the EU says that by pointing out flaws...
http://washpost.bloomberg.com/Story?docId=1376-MUS57O0D9L3501-748CL3RNKHP8TULRN50T1QQC2S|
Sponsored post: Take the EMBA plunge - it's worth it
New Statesman - About Hina Wadhwa and Dawn Bournand - Oct 16 at 17:36 BST
An alliance between New York Stern School of Business (NYU Stern), the London School of Economics (LSE) and HEC School of Management, Paris (HEC Paris)) and former chief operating officer of...
http://www.newstatesman.com/business/2013/10/sponsored-post-take-emba-
plunge-its-worth-it|
Un cabinet privé pour évaluer les banques européennes
Le Monde - Oct 16 at 12:08 BST
pas le droit à l'erreur", analyse Paul De Grauwe, de la London School of Economics. Or c'est là que les choses se compliquent. Car pour mener à bien cette mission potentiellement explosive, la...
http://www.lemonde.fr/economie/article/2013/10/16/un-cabinet-prive-pour-evaluer-
les-banques-europeennes_3496481_3234.html|
Financial Times Chinese - Oct 16 at 23:27 BST
迄今它们是� 效的。1998年，联合国大会曾以“� 毒品世界，我们能做到！”的� �语为主题，举行特别会议。自那以来，全球毒品消费量骤增。与此同时，理查德•尼克松(Richard Nixon)发起的“反毒品战争”只是不断地带来� �坏。伦敦政治经济学院( London School of Economics)毒品政策专家约翰•科林斯(John Collins)举了� 个例子：美国监狱人满为患，俄罗斯
http://www.ftchinese.com/|
I was Ralph Miliband's research assistant, and this is what he was like
Spectator - Ann Carlton - Oct 17 at 4:12 BST
.’ Thus my tutor at the London School of Economics gave me the news that he had found a way for me to finance my first year of study for an intended...
http://www.spectator.co.uk/features/9057391/you-will-pay/|
Beating the Market: Yes, it can be done
Free exchange - Oct 16 at 18:11 BST
As Charles Goodhart, of the London School of Economics, points out, no one has thought up a better theory. Instead, academics have tried to reinterpret the awkward evidence in less threatening ways. They...
http://www.economist.com/blogs/freeexchange/2013/10/archives?fsrc=rss|
Thursday preview: D-day for US on debt ceiling deal
Yahoo! UK and Ireland - Oct 16 at 17:14 BST
LONDON (ShareCast) - The US government will hit its 16.7trn dollar debt ceiling on Thursday if it fails to reach a deal beforehand. US lawmakers scrambled to lock down an agreement on Wednesday to...
http://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/thursday-preview-d-day-us-161000221.html|
Mexico factories shelve growth plans
Nigeria Punch - Oct 17 at 5:41 BST
“Crocodile tears,” said Ehtisham Ahmad, a senior fellow at the London School of Economics who has advised Mexico to scrap the maquiladora tax regime all together. “These guys are not
going...
http://www.punchng.com/business/international-business/mexico-factories-shelve-growth-plans/|
Online Piracy Has Not Yet Devastated The Creative Industries, But Is Piracy A Good Thing?
Business 2 Community - John Lyons Murphy - Oct 17 at 5:16 BST
A study released last month by The London School of Economics opens with statements that suggest piracy shouldn’t be as much a focus as creative industries struggle to evolve: The creative...
http://www.business2community.com/trends-news/online-piracy-yet-devastated-creative-industries-piracy-good-thing-0650088|
Inside a Muslim Brotherhood family in Gaza
MSN News - Karin Laub - Oct 17 at 0:04 BST
Open and broad-based transparent government," said Fawaz A. Gerges of the London School of Economics. "They behaved, while in government, exactly as they behave internally." Over several months...
http://news.msn.com/world/muslim-brotherhood-failing-to-adapt-to-govt-role|
Criza datoriei publice: Troica în prag de implozie
Presseurop - Ludovic Lamant - Oct 16 at 22:36 BST
cât mai repede posibil", consideră economistul belgian Paul De Grauwe, profesor la London School of Economics. Fiasco anunţat În faţa deputaţilor europeni care-l interpelau, la sfârşitul...
http://www.presseurop.eu/ro/content/article/4240891-troica-prag-de-implozie?xtor=RSS-18|
Ask the Doc: If exercise works as well as medicine, can I ditch the pills?
Mountain Press - Oct 16 at 19:21 BST
The study was conducted by the London School of Economics, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute at Harvard Medical School and Stanford University School of Medicine...
http://www.themountainpress.com/opinion/x559274263/Ask-the-Doc-If-exercise-
works-as-well-as-medicine-can-I-ditch-the-pills|
Debt Crisis: Troika on the brink of implosion
Presseurop - Ludovic Lamant - Oct 16 at 18:44 BST
Paul De Grauwe, a Belgian economist and professor at the London School of Economics. “But that independence should work in both directions: it means equally that the ECB...
http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/4240921-troika-brink-implosion?xtor
=RSS-18|
El home office (oficina en casa), bueno pero no...
Crónica de Hoy - Oct 16 at 18:32 BST
Un estudio llevado a cabo por la London School of Economics and Political Science encontró que los trabajadores que tienen la posibilidad de trabajar en casa o hacer “home office” son más productivos...
http://www.cronica.com.mx/notas/2013/790240.html|
The commercial benefits of the Quantified Self
Campaign Magazine - Lisa Moore - Oct 16 at 18:30 BST
He points to the London School of Economics' research project aiming to quantify the nation's mood at different times of day and days of the week via the...
http://www.campaignlive.co.uk/youtube/article/1215077/the-commercial-benefits-quantified-self/|
Ank: Buchpräsentation: Alltagsperspektiven im besetzten Warschau
H-Soz-u-Kult - Oct 16 at 17:44 BST
für Zeithistorische Forschung Potsdam,Dr. Stephan Lehnstaedt, Deutsches Historisches Institut Warschau / London School of Economics,Moderation: Dr. Magdalena Saryusz-Wolska, stv. Direktorin des Zentrums für Historische Forschung Berlin der Polnischen...
http://hsozkult.geschichte.hu-berlin.de/termine/id=23244|
How NDU's Childs gave iCollege a global scope
GCN - William Welsh - Oct 16 at 17:33 BST
the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University and the London School of Economics. The college produces more CIOs than any other institution, Childs said. Besides teaching future...
http://gcn.com/articles/2013/10/16/gcn-award-robert-childs.aspx|
Russia’s Gay Rights Controversy Won’t Directly Affect Competitors, Spectators or Media at Winter Paralympics, Insists IPC President
The Sport Digest - Nick Butler - Oct 16 at 17:06 BST
As part of his lecture at the London School of Economics last night entitled “The Paralympic Movement Takes Off”, he had first described the four core values of the IPC as “determination, courage, inspiration and equality...
http://thesportdigest.com/2013/10/gay-rights-will-not-affect-competitors-spectators
-or-media-at-winter-paralympics-insists-ipc-president/|
Shutdown: Les USA rejoindront-ils l'Argentine, la Grèce et... l'Allemagne de 1933?
La Libre - F.D. - Oct 16 at 16:40 BST
de 1929 est violente, comme le rappelle Albrecht Ritschl, historien à la London School Of Economics de Londres: "Si lâon prend la puissance économique des Etats-Unis comme point de référence...
http://www.lalibre.be/economie/actualite/shutdown-les-usa-rejoindront-ils-l-a
rgentine-la-grece-et-l-allemagne-de-1933-525e846e357026746e89e154|
LSE counselling report launched in parliament
Finchannel.com - Oct 16 at 15:58 BST
According to the report by The London School of Economics and Political Science. The parliamentary reception, hosted by Charles Walker MP, is an opportunity...
http://finchannel.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=128719&Itemid=99999999|
USA: Le précédent pays à être en défaut de paiement était... l'Allemagne nazie de 1933
Lalibre.be - La Une - F.D. (avec dépêches) - Oct 16 at 14:31 BST
de 1929 est violente, comme le rappelle Albrecht Ritschl, historien à la London School Of Economics de Londres: "Si l’on prend la puissance économique des Etats-Unis comme point de référence, le défaut allemand des années 1930 a eu autant d’impact...
http://www.lalibre.be/economie/actualite/shutdown-les-usa-rejoindront-ils-l-
argentine-la-grece-et-l-allemagne-de-1933-525e846e357026746e89e154|
Shackles for the British Newspapers
Lynchburg News and Advance - SUZANNE FIELDS - Oct 16 at 11:27 BST
The father, Ralph Miliband, who was a Marxist professor at the London School of Economics, certainly had his doubts about the country he adopted as a 17-year-old immigrant from Poland...
http://www.newsadvance.com/opinion/columnists/fields_suzanne/article_caf12
ad0-35d3-11e3-b6b5-0019bb30f31a.html|
Exercise found to treat chronic disease conditions better than drugs, with no toxicity
Natural News - J. D. Heyes - Oct 16 at 8:18 BST
A study published recently in the British Medical Journal, scientists from the London School of Economics, Harvard Medical School and Stanford University School of Medicine wanted to see if the...
http://www.naturalnews.com/042514_exercise_chronic_disease_natural
_treatment.html|
LSE on TV/radio
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BBC Hereford, 17/10/2013
Tony Travers speaks about local government spending cuts.
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Sky News, 17/10/2013
Sandra McNally speaks about whether integration is working within schools.