LSE in print
Why Facebook friends could scupper a student loan
The Guardian, 10/02/2015, p.38, Harriet Swain
be important for any future sale of the student loan book, as well as for other proposals on paying for student financing. Nick Barr, professor of public economics at the London School of Economics, favours a model, laid out in a 2010 paper with Shephard, in which universities pay an insurance premium calculated according to the earnings of their graduates,
http://www.theguardian.com/education/2015/feb/09/facebook-friends-student-loan-finance-earnings|
Money trail on pricey property leads to enigmatic Malaysian
International New York Times, 10/02/2015, p.14, Louise Story; Stephanie Saul
There was money for education abroad, and in London, while attending the elite Harrow school, Mr. Low became friends with Mr. Najib's stepson, Mr. Aziz, who was studying at the London School of Economics. In college, at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, Mr. Low kept up his ties back home by running a Malaysian student group. But
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/09/nyregion/jho-low-young-malaysian-has-an-appetite-for-new-york.html?_r=0|
Samsung warns viewers: Our smart TVs could be snooping on your private conversations
Daily Mail, 10/02/2015, p.9, Katherine Rushton
that it does not sell information on, and that it operates within privacy laws, which vary by country. Professor Peter Sommer, a digital forensics expert who has lectured at the London School of Economics, said there was 'no reason' Samsung would not be storing up data. 'The fear is they could be building up a pattern of your preferences, or
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2945766/Is-TV-eavesdropping-PRIVATE-conversations-Samsung-warns-users-smart-sets-capture-word.html|
LSE online
What happens when you try to hack the constitution?
The Conversation, 09/02/2015
Article by Conor Gearty re Constitution UK project
https://theconversation.com/what-happens-when-you-try-to-hack-the-constitution-36938|
Centireading force: why reading a book 100 times is a great idea
Guardian.co.uk (Web), 09/02/2015, Stephen Marche
My centireading of The Inimitable Jeeves was less intentional. At the age of 40, my father picked up the whole family to start a PhD in semantics at the London School of Economics. For that year, I attended a public school in Cambridge, enduring all the alienation that a chubby boy who had never called anyone “sir” and possessed
http://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/feb/09/centireading-force-reading-book-100-times-great-idea|
Robots are leaving the factory floor and heading for your desk ? and your job
Guardian.co.uk (Web), 09/02/2015, Zoë Corbyn
but in time new sectors open up. (A figure of 35% of jobs at risk does not mean employment will be 35% lower.) Alan Manning, an economist at the London School of Economics, takes issue with the assertion that economic trends observed in the US are caused by technological unemployment. While he agrees US data shows rising productivity and
http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/feb/09/robots-manual-jobs-now-people-skills-take-over-your-job|
The start-up that wants to clean up
BBC (Web), 09/02/2015, Unattributed
crisis meant he could no longer get the cheap loans that had fuelled its growth. Instead, after graduating from Trinity he did a masters in finance and private equity at the London School of Economics. Following a short period working for a venture capital firm in the City of London, he was accepted by Harvard Business School to do its celebrated
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-31113328|
Modi and his Indian ruling party brace for a setback after New Delhi elections
Washington Post - Rama Lakshmi - 10 Feb 2015 06:39
him,” said Manisha Priyam, the India coordinator for election research for the London School of Economics and Political Science. “The result has shown us that democracy has a natural tendency...
The future of adult education
The Guardian Nigeria - Michael Omolewa - 10 Feb 2015 06:03
the late Professor Ayo Ogunsheye who had studied Economics at the prestigious London School of Economics in London, the focus of responsibility of staff of the new Department was on the dissemination...
Who’s who in the Anwar Ibrahim Sodomy trial
Free Malaysia Today - FMT Reporters - 10 Feb 2015 04:39
University of Malaya in 1976 and his Master of Law from the London School of Economics in 1987. His career started in the Judicial and Legal Service on July 1, 1976. Abdull Hamid Embong : Federal Court Judge He was admitted as a...
Also in: The Malaysian Times, National Express Malaysia, The Sun Daily, New Straits Times
Rockefeller Council Subjects Chicago Black Community Slums to Eugenic Mind Control
Charleston Voice - Charleston Voice - 09 Feb 2015 21:57
planet), Ramsden (now a doctor of the University of Exeter and the London School of Economics) managed to retrieve some mind-blowing findings from the Rockefeller Archive. Quite inadvertently, it seems, the Ph.D-to-be stumbled upon evidence from...
Savvy US shale producers are here to stay
Business Spectator - Patrick Girasole - 09 Feb 2015 21:39
development and business process strategy, specific to sand procurement. Patrick attended the London School of Economics for graduate school and finished with Distinction, an MSc in Political
UPDATE: We're killing our food supply and technology can't save us (translate)
Morningstar.com - 09 Feb 2015 16:08
for $120 billion, and also funds the Grantham Research Center at the London School of Economics. Bill Gates caps population at 8 billion people. Columbia University's Jeff Sachs, head of...
What Happens When We Try To Hack The Constitution?
UK Column - 09 Feb 2015 15:30
non-elitist Matrix Chambers, and teaches graduate and undergraduate classes at the non-elitist London School of Economics, specialising in Human Rights law; law which is born out of the assumption...
Saudi king faces challenging fiscal climate
Tunis Daily News - 09 Feb 2015 14:54
when there’s a succession,” said Steffen Hertog, associate professor at the London School of Economics. “Although perhaps some were doubting whether it would happen because of the oil price situation...
Sinologist calls for improving translation of Chinese literature
Global Times - 09 Feb 2015 14:52
Less-qualified translation and less attention from Western publishers have made the Chinese literature less acknowledged as the world literature, a sinologist said in a recent interview. Goran...
Obituary: Neil Thornton a lifelong libertarian and progressive
Brisbane Times - 09 Feb 2015 13:27
the family moved to London, where Thornton completed his doctorate at the London School of Economics and Political Science. Thornton then returned to UQ. He had his last hurrah as a political...
Also in: WA Today, Melbourne Age, Sydney Morning Herald,
A Greek idea: ‘Let the Germans finally pay their World War 2 debts!’
European Business Review - N. Peter Kramer - 09 Feb 2015 13:26
Home » Editor’s Column The historian Albrecht Ritschl of the London School of Economics (LSE) and Nobel Prize winner Joseph Stiglitz share the opinion that such an adjustment is not a weird...
Significant Errors in Study Suggesting Global Warming is Good for the World
Huffington Post UK - Bob Ward - 09 Feb 2015 13:21
and the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment at London School of Economics and Political Science.
UK needs to take urgent action over anti-Semitism, lawmakers say
Hamassenger.com - Mohammed - 09 Feb 2015 13:12
December, 2011 Britain’s LSE slammed over Kadhafi ties Britain's prestigious London School of Economics was guilty of a "chapter of failures" during its close dealings with Libya's deposed Kadhafi regime, according to a report.24 August, 2014 UK...
LSE is a reasonable place. SOAS [School of Oriental and African Studies]...
Israel National News - 09 Feb 2015 09:22
British students launched fierce protests outside the London School of Economics Tuesday, Channel 2 reports, during a speech being given by Israeli ambassador to Britain Daniel Taub. "Shame...
Luis Garicano entra en política con Ciudadanos (translate)
La Nueva España - La Nueva España - 10 Feb 2015 05:26
Garicano. El economista Luis Garicano, profesor de la London School of Economics, ha dado el salto a la política al fichar por...
Also in: Cronica Global, Cronica Economica, Economia Digital, Diarioabierto.es, Valenciaplaza.com, Diario de León, Bolsamania, La Gaceta, La Voz Libre
La guerra russo-ucraina e la minaccia della disunione europea (translate)
Radicali Italiani - Olivier Dupuis - 09 Feb 2015 16:32
nel frattempo dovrebbe peraltro facilitarne l'attuazione. Come sottolinea questo professore della London School of Economics, la maggiorazione del prezzo per i consumatori europei verrebbe rapidamente...
Por qué José Murat, papá del titular de Infonavit, tiene un departamentazo en NY (translate)
El Semanario Sin Limites - ctavio N. Cervantes - 09 Feb 2015 14:46
una maestría en la Universidad de Columbia o una especialización en la London School of Economics and Political Science, sino que ahora disfruta de un importante sueldo digno de cualquier tecnócrata...
Da Piketty a phighetty, l’evoluzione degli economisti ormonali (translate)
Il Foglio - 09 Feb 2015 12:31
il solito Roubini, e ultimo un certo Andrea Prat, torinese, docente alla London School of Economics, “un Laurence Olivier de’ noantri”. Autografi dieci. Il settimanale diretto da Candida Morvillo...
LSE on TV/Radio
Global
BBC World Service, 09/02/2015
Albrecht Ritschel discusses Greece’s claim that it helped Germany financially after the Second World War and the political motivations behind it
Good Evening Wales
BBC Wales, 09/02/2015
Tony Travers discusses release of Core Cities Report, arguing across Britain for greater autonomy for big cities.
Jeremy Vine Show
BBC 2, 09/02/2015
Charlie Beckett discusses nature of the news
News
BBC Radio 4, 08/02/2015
Charlie Beckett discusses the unrelenting negativity of bad news and whether it reflects the world accurately
News
BBC Wiltshire, 09/02/2015
Discussion re sociologist and LSE alumna Maud Davies and her insights about English village life.