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Star economist Piketty is hired by LSE
The Times, 15/05/2015, p.17, Greg Hurst
Thomas Piketty, the French academic whose best-selling book created a global debate about inequality, is to join the London School of Economics for part-time teaching and research. From September he will become centennial professor at the LSE's new International Inequalities Institute, where he will teach Master's and PhD
http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/education/article4440628.ece
Thomas Piketty to join LSE
Times Higher Education, 14/05/15
Professor Piketty, whose best-selling 2013 book Capital in the Twenty-First Century is credited with redefining the post-crash global economic debate, will join the LSE’s new International Inequalities Institute. The academic – who has been described as a “rock star economist” by the Financial Times given his global fame and influence – will teach postgraduate students and work with them on research on a part-time basis, the LSE said. The 44-year-old French economist, who was a PhD student at the LSE, has frequently highlighted economic inequality in his work.
http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/news/thomas-piketty-to-join-lse/2020247.article
UK's wealth of £9trn unfairly split between young and old
The Independent, 15/05/2015, p.8, Hannah Fearn
to 75 per cent of those aged between 50 and 65. Research carried out by Professor John Hills, director of the Centre for the Analysis of Social Exclusion at the London School of Economics, found that for the younger generation to bridge the gap between them and the average wealth of their parents they would have to save £33 every
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/analysis-of-britains-9-trillion-of-wealth-reveals-a-deeply-divided-nation-10251573.html?origin=internalSearch
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Are our foreign workers holding down UK wages?
The Independent, 15/05/2015, p.59, Ben Chu
flows on native wages shows very little effect as far as the average worker is concerned. Using local level data covering the period 2004 to 2012, Jonathan Wadsworth, of the London School of Economics, found no relationship between changes in the share of immigrants in a local area and changes in local wages, either for all workers or even just
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/analysis-and-features/are-our-foreign-workers-holding-down-uk-wages-10251804.html
Hopes rise for last chance unification of Cyprus after 40-year conflict
The Guardian, 15/05/2015, p.22, Helena Smith
now, Erdogan will extend his influence in the north and it will be made into the image of the AKP," said Dr James Ker-Lindsay, a specialist on Cyprus at the London School of Economics. "Erdogan wants to be shot of a problem long seen as a nuisance and a drain."
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/may/14/cyprus-peace-talks-raise-hopes-end-conflict-haunted-europe
Piketty to examine global inequality at new LSE centre
The Guardian, 15/05/2015, p.27, Larry Elliott
The bestselling French economist Thomas Piketty is to join a new institute investigating global inequality set up by the London School of Economics. The author of Capital in the Twenty-First Century has been appointed centennial professor at the LSE's International Inequalities Institute (III). The III will look at why
http://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/may/14/piketty-to-investigate-inequality-in-new-role-at-lse
Cities give mixed response to Osborne's plans to make mayors a condition of devolution
Financial Times, 15/05/2015, p.3, Ft Reporters
London and local councils. Opponents of elected mayors point out that voters in cities including Leeds, Sheffield and Newcastle rejected the option in 2012 referendums. Professor Tony Travers of the London School of Economics said some of the considerable resistance to the idea among local political leaders stemmed from fear of relinquishing control. In Greater Manchester the metro mayor will
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/f9a6249a-fa47-11e4-a41c-00144feab7de.html#axzz3aBn4Wstm
The homely holiday
Daily Mail, 15/05/2015, p.66, Unattributed
on what and where to buy — and, if they want to make their new home earn its keep, advice on how to let it. In November, research by the London School of Economics for rental agency HomeAway concluded that demand for self-catering holiday properties was on the rise, contributing £4.5 billion to the UK economy. Meanwhile, more than half
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Who is Yvette Cooper? The key facts
The Independent (Web), 14/05/2015, Jon Stone
were elected to parliament in 2010. She has an economics background Cooper studied Philosophy, Politics and Economics at Oxford University and got a Masters in Economics from the London School of Economics. She was an economics correspondent at the Independent before she became an MP. She became Chief Secretary to the Treasury under Gordon Brown in 2008. She’s
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/who-is-yvette-cooper-the-key-facts-10249418.html
Liz Kendall admits Labour DID spend too much before the crash
Mail Online UK (Web), 14/05/2015, Unattributed
wanted to be prime minister – though she denies this. She first began working for the Labour party in 1990 after a stellar academic career at Oxford, Harvard and the London School of Economics – and a brief stint working for the former US President Bill Clinton. Ms Cooper first joined the party working for Harriet Harman before being poached
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3081393/Liz-Kendall-admits-Labour-DID-spend-crash.html?ITO=1490&ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490
'Deadbeat dad' businessman refuses to pay child support claiming money woes - as he jets off to Swiss ski vacation and Monaco retreat
Mail Online UK (Web), 14/05/2015, Snejana Farberov For Dailymail.com
a retreat in Monaco The damning image snapped during Mr Philip's European getaway had come from the lawyer of his ex-wife, high-powered elite real estate broker Lisa Simonsen. Philips, the London School of Economics-educated former financier, has claimed insolvency, saying he cannot afford to pay for his children's upkeep because he has had no income for the past three years
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3081559/Deadbeat-dad-businessman-refuses-pay-child-support-claiming-money-woes-jets-Swiss-ski-vacation-Monaco-retreat.html?ITO=1490&ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490
Nigel Farage on the brink as Ukip descend into civil war
Telegraph (Web), 14/05/2015, Michael Wilkinson
- that means there are no alternative leaders of any weight or intellect. It would be a battle of pygmies," he said. Dr Sked, Professor of International History at the London School of Economics, added: "My concern, as someone who wants Britain to leave the European Union, is that if Farage becomes the head of the No campaign people will
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/ukip/11605216/Ukip-in-crisis-live.html
Climate change: New claims 'murky' global warming statistics are 'GUESSED AT'
Daily Express (Web), 14/05/2015, Levi Winchester
more than a "political stunt" to "manufacture doubt about the temperature records". Bob Ward, policy and communications director at the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment at London School of Economics and Political Science, said: "The adjustments to temperature records when weather stations, for instance, replace old measurement instruments, is monitored by the World Meteorological Organisation, as
http://www.express.co.uk/news/nature/577281/Climate-change-global-warming-statistics
Brexit ? what would happen if Britain left the EU?
The Guardian.com (Web), 14/05/2015, Unattributed
Portes, has pointed out , the world economy has changed considerably in the past decade. Another analysis by economists at the Centre for Economic Performance (CEP), part of the London School of Economics, calculated the UK could suffer income falls of between 6.3% to 9.5% of GDP, similar to the loss resulting from the global financial crisis of 2008-09.
http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/may/14/brexit-what-would-happen-if-britain-left-eu-european-union-referendum-uk
Britain's anti-EU party UKIP riven with infighting
Japan Times - 15 May 2015 06:54
community. UKIP founder Alan Sked, a professor of international history at the London School of Economics university, told AFP after the election that Farage had turned the party into an “extreme...
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Noor Farida Ariffin, a catalyst for change
Free Malaysia Today - 15 May 2015 06:09
Director of the Saw Swee Hock South East Asian Centre of the London School of Economics (LSE), helped facilitate Farida’s talk on “Fighting Religious Extremism in Malaysia” in London recently...
China's reform moves working, but need time to payoff, says LSE economist
People.com.cn - 15 May 2015 02:25
Daily recently. Danny Quah, Professor of Economics and International Development at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), told People's Daily that compared with 10 years...
British, Nigerian ‘Experts’ Disagree on UK Slave Claims
Daily Times Nigeria - Iyanu Oni - 15 May 2015 02:08
Akuwudike, defence counsel for senior nursing sister, Mrs Antan Edet. Cambridge and London School of Economics educated, Hales, a social anthropologist, had been called by Smart to give her...
Britain should hold EU referendum "as soon as necessary": BoE's governor
Finland Times - 15 May 2015 01:59
putting forward an appropriate question." Patrick Dunleavy, Professor of the London School of Economics ( LSE), told Xinhua last week that he expects the in-out referendum to be moved...
Japan must know it can't sell revisionism
CHINAdaily USA - Cai Hong - 15 May 2015 01:59
Ezra Vogel and Akira Iriye of Harvard University, Ronald Dore of the London School of Economics and Herbert Bix of New York's Binghamton University. Not surprisingly, the academics' letter...
U.S. Fund for UNICEF Announces New Appointments on Board of Directors: Vince Hemmer, Gary Cohen and David Sable
Reuters - 14 May 2015 22:26
Hemmer holds an MBA from the Harvard Business School, studied at the London School of Economics, and graduated with honors as a Benjamin Franklin Scholar from the Wharton School of Business at...
U.S. Fund for UNICEF Announces New Appointments on Board of Directors: Vince Hemmer, Gary Cohen and David Sable
Bloomberg - 14 May 2015 22:23
Hemmer holds an MBA from the Harvard Business School, studied at the London School of Economics, and graduated with honors as a Benjamin Franklin Scholar from the Wharton School of Business at...
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The real holes in climate science (2010)
Hacker News - 14 May 2015 22:15
countries," says Leonard Smith, a statistician and climate analyst at the London School of Economics and Political Science. "You need to be very circumspect about the added value of downscaling to regional impacts," agrees Hans von Storch, a climate...
Female university graduates earn 17% less than male classmates study shows
Business Leader - Oli Ballard - 14 May 2015 19:08
respectively. I n contrast, the gap at King’s College London and London School of Economics is much less dramatic, at just 3%. MBA students are typically older and much more established in...
Britain should hold EU referendum "as soon as necessary": BoE's governor
Shanghai Daily - 14 May 2015 18:20
and putting forward an appropriate question." Patrick Dunleavy, Professor of the London School of Economics ( LSE), told Xinhua last week that he expects the in-out referendum to be moved forward...
New envoy to Moscow named
Korea Joongang Daily - 14 May 2015 17:33
1979. He studied international studies at Seoul National University and at the London School of Economics and Political Science and received his doctorate in history from Russia’s Diplomatic
Judge rips ‘broke’ deadbeat dad who skied in Alps
New York Post - Julia Marsh - 14 May 2015 12:57
a $48 million Plaza hotel condo sale in 2011. Her husband, a London School of Economics grad, recently stopped paying $1,000 a week in child support. Now his only contribution is ferrying his...
Dear Google: open letter from 80 academics on 'right to be forgotten'
UK news | The Guardian - Jemima Kiss - 14 May 2015 10:12
Sally Broughton Micova LSE Fellow & Acting Director, LSE Media Policy Project London School of Economics and Political Science Ian Brown Professor of Information Security and Privacy University of Oxford, Oxford Internet Institute Robin Callender...
Germany vs. Google
Korea Times - 14 May 2015 09:13
s digital flops. Philippe Legrain is a visiting senior fellow at the London School of Economics' European Institute and a former economic adviser to the president of the European Commission
El futuro de la Unión Europea en tres actos (translate)
Opinión de Málaga - 15 May 2015 04:35
científica, tecnológica y cultural, ha organizado en Madrid, en colaboración con la London School of Economics, clases magistrales para reflexionar sobre estos asuntos. Simon Hix, profesor del...
El futuro de la Unión Europea en tres actos (translate)
La Opinión de Tenerife - 15 May 2015 02:24
científica, tecnológica y cultural, ha organizado en Madrid, en colaboración con la London School of Economics, clases magistrales para reflexionar sobre estos asuntos. Simon Hix, profesor del...
APRIL : Fabrice Maraval, Etienne Bourdon (translate)
Les Echos - Les Echos - 15 May 2015 01:08
élève de l'école Polytechnique, diplômé de l'Ensae et de la London School of Economics, est CFA et fellow de la Society of Actuaries. D'abord en poste pour AXA en Chine, il est entré, en 2002...
ESPAÑA: La London School of Economics ficha a Thomas Piketty (translate)
Entorno Inteligente - 14 May 2015 17:43
autor de El capital en el siglo XXI , ha fichado por la London School of Economics (LSE) como profesor de honor en el recién creado Instituto Internacional de las Desigualdades (III) El economista...
La London School of Economics ficha a Thomas Piketty (translate)
El Mundo - 14 May 2015 17:39
Thomas Piketty, el celebérrimo autor de , ha fichado por la London School of Economics (LSE) como profesor de honor en el recién creado El economista francés de 44 años vuelve así a la institución...
¿Quedan economistas para PP y PSOE? Ciudadanos y Podemos ya tienen 'atados' a los suyos (translate)
El Economista.es - 14 May 2015 17:00
colaboración directa de grandes expertos. Luis Garicano, catedrático de Economía de la London School of Economics, es la cabeza visible en economía del partido. Rivera también cuenta con la colaboraci...
Carsten Kengeter : Zweite Chance nach dem Milliarden-Debakel (translate)
Berliner Morgenpost - 14 May 2015 12:05
Finanzbereich, zu beteiligen. Daneben hatte er eine Gastprofessur am Finanzlehrstuhl der renommierten London School of Economics, genauso wie Ex-Deutsche-Bank-Chef Josef Ackermann. Seit Jahren...
Garicano: "Inversión en educación y un alto grado de libertad económica son la clave de lo que queremos" (translate)
Libre Mercado - Libre Mercado/esRadio - 14 May 2015 11:09
Las universidades En esta cuestión de la educación, Garicano (profesor de la London School of Economics) también ha querido entrar en la siempre pendiente y nunca enfrentada reforma de la...