Wednesday 13 May 2015

LSE in print

US audiences don't like working-class actors, says Everett
The Daily Telegraph, 13/05/2015, p.3, Anita Singh; Patrick Sawer
"I think it means we're going to get loads more middle-class drama. It will be middle-class people playing working-class people." A study by academics from Goldsmiths University and the London School of Economics earlier this month found that only 10 per cent of actors come from manual working-class backgrounds.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/celebritynews/11600159/Rupert-Everett-Americans-dont-want-to-see-snaggle-toothed-working-class-Brits.html

LSE on TV/Radio

World News
BBC Two, 12/05/2015
Vassilis Monastiriotis discusses the potential for financial reform in Greece and a possible bailout.

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BBC Radio 2, 12/05/2015
Passing reference to protests at LSE in the 1960s.

LSE online and international

Election 2015: Beware taking on the predators ? and the property market
The Guardian.com (Web), 12/05/2015, Heather Stewart
usual tone of baffled disdain, said: “It is rather odd to give this special treatment to housing, given that owner-occupied housing is already extremely tax-privileged.” Christian Hilber of the London School of Economics used a blogpost during the campaign to bemoan the paucity of the debate about housing and to warn that despite their target of building 200,000 new
http://www.theguardian.com/society/2015/may/09/election-property-market-housing-crisis-predators-labour

Mourning the election? Even a bad result cheers you up
New Statesman (Web), 12/05/2015, Unattributed
politicians want to make you happy, after all, even if no one since Nye Bevan has actually pulled it off. Nonetheless, the Labour peer Richard Layard, who works at the London School of Economics, has suggested that government policy should be guided by the research literature on happiness. A policy, he says, should be chosen for its effect on contentment
http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2015/05/mourning-election-even-bad-result-cheers-you

A good death is everyone's right
Scotsman
... estimates from the Personal Social Service Research Unit at the London School of Economics and Political Science, commissioned by Marie Curie.
http://www.scotsman.com/news/a-good-death-is-everyone-s-right-1-3770923

Collective conscience of Arab World with media
Emirates 24/7
Dr Fawaz Gerges, Director, Middle East Centre, London School of Economics, offered the big picture - “An organic crisis that is now at a historic stage,” ...

Weltspitze im Blick (translate)
Gmunder Tagespost - 13 May 2015 06:47
ist bislang nichts nach außen gedrungen. Derzeit ist er Professor an der London School of Economics. Kengeter studierte unter anderem in Reutlingen Betriebswirtschaft und arbeitete mehrere Jahre...

Weltspitze im Blick (translate)
Südwest Presse - ROLF OBERTREIS - 13 May 2015 04:12
ist bislang nichts nach außen gedrungen. Derzeit ist er Professor an der London School of Economics. Kengeter studierte unter anderem in Reutlingen Betriebswirtschaft und arbeitete mehrere Jahre...

Canada's Middle-Income Housing Affordability Crisis
Huffington Post - Wendell Cox - 12 May 2015 21:02
democracy . That was forty years ago. More recently, Paul Cheshire of the London School of Economics concluded that urban containment is irreconcilable with housing affordability . Regrettably, proponents of urban containment have continued to...

‘La transición hacia la paz es una gran oportunidad para el cambio’: Alto Comisionado para la Paz (translate)
RADIO SANTA FE - Giovanni Alarcón M - 13 May 2015 03:24
en Colombia: acuerdos y construcción de paz en contexto’, realizada en el London School of Economics en Londres, Jaramillo Caro se refirió a las cinco grandes oportunidades que trae la transición:...

Assureurs-vie européens : un modèle non viable (translate)
IMF - 12 May 2015 23:06
la Réserve fédérale américaine. Il possède une maîtrise en économie de la London School of Economics et un doctorat en économie de l’université Northwestern. Andrea M. Maechler est Chef de...

Hace cinco años Zapatero y Elena Salgado claudicaron ante Alemania y el FMI (translate)
Cantabria24horas - 12 May 2015 22:50
más lenta". Más allá se atreve a llegar el profesor de la London School of Economics Paul De Grauwe, para quien "los tiempos y la intesidad de los programas de austeridad han sido dictados por...

Megatrends: the Silk Highway and the 'Switzerland' of Asia
Brisbane Times - 12 May 2015 17:40
Global Policy” by Professor Danny Quah of the Economics Department of the London School of Economics and Political Science.This paper contains a world map showing the centre-of-gravity of world...

UK's Conservatives to fight climate change but shun wind power
Frontier Post - 12 May 2015 17:30
says Bob Ward of the Grantham Institute on Climate Change at the London School of Economics. Meanwhile, the new science minister is historian Jo Johnson, the brother of London mayor Boris Johnson. \"There is an enormous opportunity for science...

UK could now hold vote on EU membership in '16
China Post - 12 May 2015 17:23
in London, told AFP. Iain Begg, from the European Institute at the London School of Economics university, sounded more cautious. The prime minister may want to use his “political capital” following his re-election on May 7. Begg said it was “quite...

Obama Hurls Insults at Liberals on Trade
New York Observer - Brent Budowsky - 12 May 2015 17:18
law degree from Catholic University, and an LL.M. degree from the London School of Economics and writes a weekly column for The Hill. Politicker.com is now part of Observer.com. We're bringing...

UK's Conservatives to fight climate change but shun wind power
New Scientist - Andy Coghlan - 12 May 2015 16:37
says Bob Ward of the Grantham Institute on Climate Change at the London School of Economics. Meanwhile, the new science minister is historian Jo Johnson, the brother of London mayor Boris Johnson. "There is an enormous opportunity for science and...

Mister Happy, l'uomo più felice del mondo dona i suoi segreti alla scienza (translate)
La Repubblica - dal nostro corrispondente ENRICO FRANCESCHINI - 12 May 2015 16:30
felicità: psicologi, neurologi ma anche economisti come il professor Richard Layard della London School of Economics. È noto che da qualche anno il benessere delle nazioni non viene più misurato...

The best universities in Europe if you want to be a top economist
BusinessInsider.co.id - Mike Bird - 12 May 2015 16:29
five academic staff have received Nobel prizes in economics alone. 1) The London School of Economics is the best school for the subject in Europe, and the fourth-best in the world. Twelve...

Macedonian Conflict: 'Greater Albania' Used by West to Destabilize Balkans
Sputnik - 12 May 2015 15:33
The recent spike in violence and tension between Macedonian security forces and groups of ethnic Albanians is an ongoing product of western intervention and NATO bombing of the region in the 1990s,...

Hank Paulson plays down China infrastructure bank
Daily Telegraph Australia - Dow Jones newswires - 12 May 2015 14:15
the downfall of the west," Mr Paulson said Monday at the London School of Economics, where he discussed his new book, "Dealing With China: An Insider Unmasks the New Economic Superpower." His...

Hank Paulson plays down China infrastructure bank
Geelong Advertiser - 12 May 2015 14:14

Hank Paulson plays down China infrastructure bank
Brisbane Courier-Mail - Dow Jones newswires - 12 May 2015 14:13

Hank Paulson plays down China infrastructure bank
Perth Now - Dow Jones newswires - 12 May 2015 14:05

Hank Paulson plays down China infrastructure bank
Herald Sun - Dow Jones newswires - 12 May 2015 14:01

Hank Paulson plays down China infrastructure bank
Business Spectator - Dow Jones newswires - 12 May 2015 13:31

David Cameron is about to start a really interesting economic experiment on Britain's children
Business Insider India - Jim Edwardsdocument.write - 12 May 2015 13:28
being pushed by Sir Christopher Pissarides, a Nobel laureate economist at the London School of Economics (who taught Thomas Piketty as a student). Pissarides noticed that whenever working parents...

187 World Famous Scholars Urge Japan Not to Distort "Confort Women" Issue
Seoul Times - 12 May 2015 13:16
of Japanese Religions, University of London, SOAS Ronald P. Dore, Honorary Fellow, London School of Economics John W. Dower, Professor Emeritus of History, Massachusetts Institute of Technology...

Flirting with Scandal Teaser Blitz with Giveaway (Day 2!)
Good Choice Reading - Amanda (Good Choice Reading) - 12 May 2015 13:02
American International University in London and a master’s degree from the London School of Economics and Political Science. Chanel fell in love with London and planned to stay there forever, until fate intervened on a Caribbean cruise and a fighter...

London protesters allege police violence
Frontier Post - 12 May 2015 12:56
force of police violence,\" Daphne Wikken, a 22-year-old student at the London School of Economics, was quoted as saying in the statement.\r\n\r\n\"My legs are bruised everywhere and I cut my arm. For me what is particularly scary is the fact that...

Why No Tamil Has Made It to British Parliament?
UK TAMIL NEWS - Karu - 12 May 2015 12:50
to school in Odiham in Hampshire province. Later he graduated from the London School of Economics and worked at the Lloyds Bank before he ventured into politics. He has served as a local Councillor since 2008 and was Deputy Leader of Basingstoke...

PORTRAIT/Was Carsten Kengeter bei der Deutschen Börse bewegen muss (translate)
Finanztreff - 12 May 2015 12:42
Mitte 2013 weiter bei der Bank. Danach wurde er Gast-Professor an der London School of Economics, ehe der Wechsel zur Börse erfolgte. Für Joachim Faber, Aufsichtsratschef der Deutschen Börse...

L’Europe est-elle condamnée à la récession ? (translate)
Fortune - Contributeur FDS - 12 May 2015 12:35
austérité à perpétuité ? Camille Landais et Gabriel Zucman, enseignants à la London School of Economics, posent la question à l’économiste Alexandre Delaigue.

„Ísland er þorpsfíflið“ (translate)
mbl.is - Forsíðufréttir - 12 May 2015 12:28
eru einnig verstu mistökin. Þetta segir Jón Daníelsson, prófessor í hagfræði við London School of Economics. Hann segir ekki rétt að treysta alþjóðastofnunum, innlendum stjórnmálamönnum né ráðgjöfum sem hafa hagsmuni af höftunum. Þetta kom fram í...

David Cameron is about to start a really interesting economic experiment on Britain’s children
Business Insider Malaysia - Jim Edwards - 12 May 2015 12:27
being pushed by Sir Christopher Pissarides, a Nobel laureate economist at the London School of Economics (who taught Thomas Piketty as a student). Pissarides noticed that whenever working...

DJ PORTRAIT/Was Carsten Kengeter bei ... (translate)
Morningstar.de - 12 May 2015 12:25

DJ PORTRAIT/Was Carsten Kengeter bei der Deutschen Börse bewege [...] (translate)
AktienCheck - 12 May 2015 12:20

PORTRAIT/Was Carsten Kengeter bei der Deutschen Börse bewegen muss (translate)
Finanzen.net - 12 May 2015 12:17

PORTRAIT/Was Carsten Kengeter bei der Deutschen Börse bewegen muss (translate)
FinanzNachrichten.de - 12 May 2015 12:16

PORTRAIT/Was Carsten Kengeter bei der Deutschen Börse bewegen muss (translate)
Finanzen.ch - 12 May 2015 12:16

David Cameron is about to start a really interesting economic experiment on Britain’s children
BusinessInsider.co.id - Jim Edwards - 12 May 2015 12:15
being pushed by Sir Christopher Pissarides, a Nobel laureate economist at the London School of Economics (who taught Thomas Piketty as a student). Pissarides noticed that whenever working...

New website aims to help LGBTI professionals to network and find work
Gay Star News - 12 May 2015 12:05
study for their Masters degrees; Adrien at Kings College and Pierre at London School of Economics (LSE). It was when they entered the world of work that they became aware of some of the problems...

Mourning the election? Even a bad result cheers you up
New Statesman - Michael Brooks - 12 May 2015 10:29
it off. Nonetheless, the Labour peer Richard Layard, who works at the London School of Economics, has suggested that government policy should be guided by the research literature on happiness...

Clark's arrival is a peace offering – but he must sell an unpalatable finance policy
Local Government Chronicle - Tony Travers - 12 May 2015 07:30
sure, he will do it differently. Tony Travers, director, Greater London Group, London School of Economics

Gewinner Mies van der Rohe Award (translate)
Architekten24 - 12 May 2015 07:14
Stettiner Philharmonie von Barozzi/Veiga und das Saw Swee Hock Student Centre - London School of Economics in London von O'Donnell + Tuomey ( architekten24.de berichtet über die Finalisten ). Der...

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