LSE in Print
Carbon pricing corrects a market failure
Financial Times (Main), 26/08/2015, p.8, Unattributed
and prevent there being a level playing field on which cleaner alternatives can compete fairly. Bob Ward Policy and Communications Director, Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, London School of Economics, UK
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/fba233a0-4a70-11e5-b558-8a9722977189.html
Birthdays
The Independent (Main), 26/08/2015, p.47, Unattributed
actress, 49; Branford Marsalis, saxophonist, composer and bandleader, 55; Professor Dame Judith Rees, Professor of Environmental and Resources Management, and Co-Director, Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, LSE, 71; Barbet Schroeder, film director, 74; Maj Gen Richard Semple, Director General Logistic Support and Equipment, 51; Dr Susan Sharland, former Chief Executive, Transport Research Foundation, 54; Valerie Simpson.
LSE on TV/Radio
News
BBC 1 North West, 25/08/2015
Reference to Labour leader candidate Yvette Cooper having done her MSc in Economics at LSE
Also on: BBC 1 Scotland
LSE Online & International
Let's hear it for a more powerful London
The Guardian.com (Web), 25/08/2015, Dave Hill
London Finance Commission (LFC), an ecumenical group of politicians, number crunchers, housing experts and local government boffins, including representatives from Birmingham and Manchester, chaired by Professor Tony Travers of the London School of Economics. Its purpose was to find ways of improving tax and public spending arrangements for London and to examine how this could be achieved by means of
Reach for the sky, Mr Gove
The Croyden Citizen, 25/08/2015
Article by local historian and LSE alumnus Matthew Doyle about the role that Croyden played in defending London during the Battle of Britain.
LSE Masters students research aspects of HR
Bloomberg Business, 25/08/2015
Costain has become the first engineering company to participate in a study programme organised by the London School of Economics (LSE) that offers LSE MSc students the chance to put their research skills to use in helping improve or solve human resources (HR) issues at external organisations
3 more senators admit hiring kin
Manila Standard Today (online), 25/08/2015
Angara said his sister who was a graduate of the London School of Economics is among his consultants. He said she was qualified to do the job he assigned her, but declined to say what this was.
Happiness slump hits most first-time parents
IOL (Zambia), 25/08/2015
Mikko Myrskyla, of the London School of Economics and director of the Max Planck Institute in Germany, said: “Parents’ experience with and after the first birth helps predict how large the family will be eventually.
9 rock star economists whose ideas are changing the world under the radar
Business Inside, 25/08/2015
Jon Danielsson, London School of Economics, listed as one of the behind-the-scenes economists changing the world.
Will it still be business as usual for the Pink ‘Un?
China Daily (Europe), 25/08/2015
The two big-name writers I admire the most are Lucy Kellaway, an associate editor and its management columnist, and John Kay, who has been writing a column on economics and business for the paper since 1995 and currently a visiting professor at the London School of Economics.
Smart idea
26 August 2015 | 00:30:23 | Staff Writer | Gdn Online
I’ve been shocked during the summer holiday at how long my son spends on his mobile phone. It turns out that four in 10 children aged five to 15 own a mobile phone. Three quarters of those own smartphones. These phones must be a classroom disruption.Technology has its place...
Ambedkar house purchase a drama: Prakash Ambedkar
25 August 2015 | 23:10:12 | Staff Writer | The Asian Age
Reformer’s grandson questions state government’s intentions over buying London buildingWhile the state government is struggling over the delayed purchase of Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar’s house in London, the social reformer’s grandson Prakash Ambedkar alleged that the state has no...
Respected internationalist has intellectual roots in Chinese classics
25 August 2015 | 21:48:44 | Staff Writer | Nikkei Asian Review
BEIJING -- For about a decade beginning in his adolescence, Jin Liqun spent his days in a rural village in Jiangsu, his home province.He had no choice. China was in the throes of the Cultural Revolution. Hungry for literature, Jin devoured original versions of Shakespeare...
David Rose joins Gannett Fleming
25 August 2015 | 21:42:49 | Staff Writer | Railway Age
David Rose, Ph.D., has joined Gannett Fleming as director of management consulting, based in New York City. He will lead Gannett Fleming’s management consulting practice, assisting clients to improve the performance and productivity of their assets. The practice focuses on...
New chief for agency overseeing pre-school centres
25 August 2015 | 21:04:47 | Staff Writer | Straits Times
The Early Childhood Development Agency (ECDA), which oversees childcare centres and kindergartens, will have a new chief from next month. Mr Eugene Leong, 39, former senior director for strategic planning at the Ministry of National Development (MND), joined ECDA as its chief...
ICBC invita a la presentación de 'China libre: El coraje de creer'
25 August 2015 | 20:53:17 | Staff Writer | FRONTERA.INFO
Desde el 2012, el largometraje comenzó una gira mundial para proyectarse en diversos países del mundo.Publicada: Por:TIJUANA, Baja California(PH) El Instituto de Cultura de Baja California (ICBC) Representación Tijuana, presenta este miércoles 26 de agosto el documental...
Diane Williamson: Naive to the moves of the market
25 August 2015 | 20:47:14 | Staff Writer | The Taunton Daily Gazette
Time once again to field questions from Nancy Naive, who poses a series of queries about current events.So, what’s the big news?
Also in 74 other US press outlets
Debunking Trump's Claims About Immigration and the Blue Collar Workforce
25 August 2015 | 17:38:52 | Staff Writer | National Journal
Studies show that trade is more likely to lead to lower wages than foreign workers immigrating to the U.S.People protest the appearance of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump at the venue where he will be delivering the keynote address at the Genesee and Saginaw...
Trade Finance Market platform launches
25 August 2015 | 17:38:15 | Staff Writer | FinExtra
New business platform Trade Finance Market (TFM) has launched, enabling investors to tap into an asset class worth $12 trillion every year and earn higher returns by funding shipments of physical goods, whilst also helping exporters sell their receivables quickly and...
Budowsky: Why Biden shouldn’t run, and won’t
25 August 2015 | 17:30:32 | Staff Writer | Freenewspos.com
There may be a very long-shot pathway to the presidency for Vice President Biden in 2016, but running as a vulture candidate — whose candidacy would be premised on the bet that the partisan vendetta of personal destruction being waged against Hillary Clinton by Republicans...
Budowsky: Why Biden shouldn’t run, and won’t
25 August 2015 | 16:59:59 | Staff Writer | The Hill
There may be a very long-shot pathway to the presidency for Vice President Biden in 2016, but running as a vulture candidate — whose candidacy would be premised on the bet that the partisan vendetta of personal destruction being waged against Hillary Clinton by Republicans...
调查：多数人一周之中星期二心情最差
26 August 2015 | 01:30:26 | Staff Writer | 生意地
If you woke up this morning thinking the toughest day of the week had been and gone, you were wrong. Mondays may have long been thought of as miserable, but we’re more likely to feel down in the dumps on a Tuesday. According to researchers from the London School of Economics,...
http://www.shengyidi.com/peixun/zx-120811/
Angst wegen Computer oder Roboter den Job zu verlieren ist noch gering
26 August 2015 | 02:03:26 | Staff Writer | Manage IT
Laut einer Studie der Universität Oxford ist in den USA knapp die Hälfte der Arbeitsplätze in Gefahr. Sie könnten noch innerhalb der kommenden 20 Jahre überflüssig werden, weil Computer und Roboter sie besser ausführen können. Für Deutschland kommt eine ähnliche Studie der...
Estudo revela os 7 tipos de motoristas que encontramos nas ruas
25 August 2015 | 23:23:18 | Staff Writer | El Hombre
Quer conhecer de verdade uma pessoa? Jogue-a no trânsito. O cara pode ser tranquilão, pacificador, aparentar grande sabedoria no dia a dia – mas deixe-o alguns minutos num tráfico selvagem e ele revelará sua verdadeira identidade.Ninguém escapa ao julgamento de caráter do...
Müslüman olan yabancılar
25 August 2015 | 21:00:33 | Staff Writer | Yeni Asya
Etrafımız ateş çemberiyle sarılmış gibi görünse de, Allah’a şükürler olsun ki müjdeli haberler de duyuluyor.Başka dinlere mensup olup da araştırma neticesi İslâmı seçen, Müslüman olan binlerce kişi var. Turist olarak ülkemize gelen ve İslâm diniyle şereflenenler olduğu gibi,...
http://www.yeniasya.com.tr/faruk-cakir/musluman-olan-yabancilar_353951
Großbritannien Mit Strafen gegen "Illegale"
25 August 2015 | 17:19:17 | Staff Writer | Frankfurter Rundschau
Die britische Regierung will Einwanderer ohne gültige Papiere und deren heimische Helfer mit drastischen Strafen abschrecken. Vermieter sind künftig gezwungen, die Dokumente von Mietern gründlich zu prüfen.London Während die EU-Partner um gemeinsame Lösungen für die...