LSE in print
A globalised renminbi can transform both China and London
Financial Times, 18/10/2013, p.15, Danny Quah
will be significant, not just for London's prosperity but also for pointing to how China itself will change. The writer is a professor at the London School of Economics Beijing will soon see how closely the lifting of controls is bound up with modern economic success…
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/046adb88-3716-11e3-9603-00144feab7de.html#axzz2hxxtqBNd|
Barnier defends right to cap City bankers' bonuses
The Guardian, 18/10/2013, p.31, Heather Stewart
George Osborne has been criticised for being too quick to defend the Tory party's allies in the City. Speaking at the London School of Economics yesterday, Barnier said: "The UK is not a special case in wanting to protect its golden goose. “
http://www.theguardian.com/business/2013/oct/17/eu-cap-bankers-bonuses|
How upward mobility went down the drain
The Times, 18/10/2013, p.37, Philip Collins
This is the toxic form of social mobility that no politician will touch. If anyone were disposed to be so bold, the Milburn Report points the way. At a recent LSE lecture, the economist James Heckman showed that a pound spent early in the life of a child does more for their life chances than a pound spent later.
http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/opinion/columnists/philipcollins/article3897554.ece|
'Flawed' property taxes are halting growth, claims report
The Times, 18/10/2013, p.63, Patrick Hosking
According to a report. Instead they pay as little as £1,400 in council tax. The capricious, erratic and unpredictable nature of property taxes was criticised in a report by the London School of Economics, which warned that uncertainty over future taxes risked stopping the recovery in the housing market in its tracks.
http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/money/tax/article3897884.ece?CMP=OTH-gnws-
standard-2013_10_18|
British climate warming much faster than the rest of the world
The Daily Telegraph, 18/10/2013, p.18,
Warming in the UK was highlighted in a policy note published today by the ESRC Centre for Climate Change Economics and Policy, and the Grantham Research Institute at the London School of Economics. In Britain, the seven warmest years in the past 100 have all occurred since 2000.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/environment/globalwarming/10385878/Britain-warming-faster-than-average.html|
LSE online
Worldwide relief greets US budget deal but global fears remain about next confrontation
Washington Post
Nicholas Kitchen, a political scientist at the London School of Economics, said the shutdown had tarnished the reputation of the U.S.. “In showing itself to be ...
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/relief-around-world-as-us-lawmakers-reach-agreement-to-avoid-default-reopen-government/2013/10/17/db623f90-36ef-11e3-89db-8002ba99b894_story.html|
Does flat global trade hurt GDP?
Financial Times - Financial Times - Oct 17 at 18:22 BST
adviser to the British Treasury, and as a visiting professor at the London School of Economics. Gavyn Davies is an active investor and may have financial interests and holdings in any of the...
http://blogs.ft.com/gavyndavies/2013/10/17/does-flat-trade-hurt-global-gdp/?Authorised=false|
U.K. Is Warming Faster Than Global Average, LSE Study Shows
Bloomberg - Alex Morales - Oct 18 at 0:27 BST
According to a paper e-mailed today by the London School of Economics. That’s 1 1/2 times the global average rate of increase of 0.12 degree per decade. Britain aims...
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-10-17/u-k-is-warming-faster-than-global-average-lse-study-shows.html|
Sharon Gleason Joins NCOA as Chief Development Officer
CNBC - Oct 17 at 16:17 BST
An MS in Economics, London School of Economics; a Master’s Psychology, Harvard University; and has completed the Executive Leadership Program...
http://www.cnbc.com/id/101121278|
Life after dirt is UWA's funding pitch
The Australian - Andrew Trounson - Oct 17 at 15:55 BST
Professor Johnson is an economic historian from the London School of Economics, so it is no surprise that in pitching universities to wealthy potential donors he cites...
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/higher-education/life-after-dirt-is-uwas-funding-pitch/story-e6frgcjx-1226741700516|
World welcomes US budget deal
New Zealand Herald - Oct 18 at 1:29 BST.Peter Trubowitz, professor of international relations at the London School of Economics, said the US system is so dysfunctional that it is sending confusing signals...
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=11142309|
If the CEO Favors Pet Analysts, Sell the Stock
Yahoo! Finance - Oct 17 at 19:21 BST
Professors Lauren Cohen and Christopher Malloy, along with Dong Lou of the London School of Economics, find evidence that companies that “cast” their conference calls by taking questions only...
http://finance.yahoo.com/blogs/michael-santoli/ceo-favors-pet-analysts-sell-
stock-173536837.html|
Press release: Business Secretary appoints finance experts to Board of new British Business Bank
10 Downing Street - Oct 17 at 14:03 BST
the SME Growth Capital Review Panel. Christina has a BA Hons from London School of Economics and an MBA from London Business School 4.Both roles are non-executive.
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/business-secretary-appoints-finance-
experts-to-board-of-new-british-business-bank|
EDUCATION: A Means to Empower Women?
Le Mauricien - Oct 17 at 14:19 BST
According to Sylvia Chant, a Professor of Gender Studies at the London School of Economics, “poverty is a deprivation of resources, capabilities or freedoms and that the feminization...
http://www.lemauricien.com/article/education-means-empower-women|
Alivio en el mundo por acuerdo firmado en EEUU
El Heraldo Colombia - Oct 18 at 6:34 BST
liderazgo global de Estados Unidos. El analista político Nicholas Kitchen, de la London School of Economics, dijo que el cierre mancilló la reputación de Estados Unidos. “Al demostrarse incapaz...
http://www.elheraldo.co/noticias/internacional/alivio-en-el-mundo-por-acuerdo
-firmado-en-eeuu-128949|
“Somos una ciudad de primera en un país de segunda”: Londres pretende un estatuto especial (translate)
El Confidencial - Esteban Hernández - Oct 18 at 6:17 BST
miembro del Centro de Análisis de la Exclusión Social (CASE) de la London School of Economics, las diferencias entre quienes percibían ingresos muy elevados y quienes estaban en los límites de...
http://www.elconfidencial.com/alma-corazon-vida/2013-10-18/somos-una-ciudad
-de-primera-en-un-pais-de-segunda-londres-pretende-un-estatuto-especial_
42777/|
Vote yes for student power
Columbia Daily Spectator - opinion - Oct 18 at 5:13 BST
According to the Carbon Tracker Initiative based out of the London School of Economics. Companies that extract oil, coal, and natural gas profit from the destruction of our environments and
http://www.columbiaspectator.com/2013/10/17/vote-yes-student-power-0|
The Quiet Collapse of the Italian Economy
Arezzo Polis - Antonino Armao - Oct 17 at 14:11 BST
rapidamente ed avrà un enorme impatto sull’Eurozona e sulla UE.” Fonte: London School of Economics http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/eurocrisispress/2013/04/23/the-quiet-collapse-of-the-italian-economy/
http://www.arezzopolitica.it/2013/10/17/the-quiet-collapse-of-the-italian-economy/|
Climate risks bear down on city dwellers, engineers warn
BusinessGreen - Oct 18 at 1:13 BST
Figures analysed by the Grantham Research Institute for Climate Change at the London School of Economics and unveiled today found Britain warmed by an average of 0.18˚C from 1950 to 2012.
http://www.businessgreen.com/bg/news/2301393/climate-risks-bear-down-on-
city-dwellers-engineers-warn|
Climate models need more ensemble runs
Environmental Research Web - Oct 17 at 20:27 BST
Daron of the University of Cape Town and David Stainforth of the London School of Economics, University of Warwick and University of Oxford told environmentalresearchweb. "This is the case whether...
http://environmentalresearchweb.org/cws/article/news/55043|
Exercise More Effective Than Prescription Drugs
Care2 Healthy Living - Michelle Schoffro Cook - Oct 18 at 1:12 BST
Researchers from Harvard University, Stanford University, and Britain’s London School of Economics found that exercise was more effective than prescription drugs for stroke recovery. The researchers assessed 305 studies of 340...
http://www.care2.com/greenliving/exercise-more-effective-than-prescription-
drugs.html|
LSE on TV/radio
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BBC News, 18/10/2013
Passing mention: Chief Executive of Westport Holdings attended LSE.
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City Talk FM Liverpool, 18/10/2013
LSE Research into the rehabilitation of sex offenders.