CEP in the News 2009
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Richard Freeman asks “Who will suffer the longest and the most from the implosion in 2008-2009 of Wall Street and the ensuing world recession?”
He is [also] senior research fellow on labor markets at the Centre for Economic Performance, London School of Economics and directs the Science and Engineering Workforce Project at the National Bureau of Economic Research.
This article appeared in the Times of India on 31st December 2009
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Linda Yueh interviewed, speaking on China’s economy in 2009 and 2010.
This interview was broadcast on CNN on 30 December 2009
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Tim Leunig interviewed, explaining the industrial revolution as part of the series hosted by Tony Robinson.
This interview was broadcast on 28 December 2009.
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Linda Yueh was Guest Host, commenting on Asian and global economic issues as well as looking ahead to 2010.
This programme was broadcast on 24th December 2009 on CNBC (No link avaliable).
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According to
Luis Garicano Professor of Economics and Strategy at the London School of Economics (LSE), prices are down very little compared with other countries like the US where they have dropped 50% from peak.
This article appeared in Propertywire.com on 24th December 2009
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Linda Yueh commented on the beginning of the China effect and boom.
This interview was boadcast on CNCB on 23rd December 2009.
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Linda Yueh interviewed, to comment on the forecast for the UK economy for the next 2 years.
This interview was broadcast on 21 December 2009 on GMTV. (No Link avaliable)
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Linda Yueh interviewed on the effect of shifting global economic power to emerging economies on the Copenhagen climate change summit.
This interview was broadcast on 21 December 2009 on Channel 4.
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Professor Luis Garciano from the London School of Economics comments on Spain's property bubble
This article appeared in the Daily Telegraph on the 18th December 2009.
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House prices in Spain haven’t yet fallen far enough, says Spaniard
Luis Garicano Professor of Economics and Strategy at the London School of Economics (LSE), in an interview with the daily paper Público.
This article appeared on Kyero.com on 16 December 2009.
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Lord Richard Layard , a British economist who worked closely with Mr Gaidar during the period of reform, said he was saddened when he heard the news. ...
This article appeared on BBC News on 16 December 2009
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The action by striking workers at BA shows flagrant disregard for its customers. It is also reckless with the company in such a poor state, comments a Times editorial. "Even allowing for the selfishly narrow motivation of the workforce, the strike is highly unlikely to pay off. A study of strikes in the 1980s by economists at the London School of Economics found that the average increase in annual pay produced by strikes was only 0.3 per cent, while the average strike lasted 11 days."
This article appeared in the Times on December 15, 2009
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New Perspectives on Industrial Disputes, David Metcalf and Simon Milner (Eds.), Routledge, USA & UK, 1993.
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Last year, scrutiny of academy results by the London School of Economics found that they "were statistically indistinguishable from matched schools."
This article appeared on the MorningStar Online on 14 December 2009.
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‘Academy schools and pupil performance’, by Stephen Machin and Joan Wilson in CentrePiece Vol 14 Issue 1 Spring 2009
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Greek newspaper article regarding CEP paper on "Modern Management: Good for the Environment or just Hot Air?", by Christos Genakos, Nick Bloom, Raffaella Sadun and Ralf Martin.
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Modern Management: Good for the Environment or Just Hot Air?, Nick Bloom, Christos Genakos, Ralf Martin and Raffaella Sadun, Centre for Economic Performance Discussion Paper No.891, October 2008
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He found the works of Martin Seligman, an American guru of positive psychology; Daniel Goleman, author of Emotional Intelligence; and
Richard Layard a professor at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), who had just published Happiness: Lessons from a New Science. Such works “provided a framework for what I’d been feeling and thinking for a long time”, says Seldon.
This article appeared on Times Online on 13 December 2009.
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"The U.K. does have a high prevalence of people who are prepared to spend money online," said
Alexander Grous, an expert on technology and the Internet at the London School of Economics and Political Science. Dr. Grous cited a range of factors supporting this phenomenon, including growing trust in the security of Web-based transactions, companies pushing consumers online to pare costs, and lousy British weather, which makes shopping from the comfort of home seem like an attractive idea.
This article appeared in the Wall Street Journal on 11 December 2009.
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Roughly the resource curse says that countries and regions with an abundance of natural resources, specifically point-source non-renewable resources like minerals and fuels, tend to have less economic growth and worse development outcomes than countries with fewer natural resources. A question often asked is, Why? Now a new paper by
Francesco Caselli and
Guy Michaels looks at how the resource curse can actually work.
This article appeared in the blog Anti-Dismal by Paul Walker on 11 December 2009
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How much money is enough?, asks Deborah Orr - quoting
Richard Layard's "happiness economics". The LSE professor argued there was not much correlation between increased income and increased happiness - partly because of "adaptation", whereby people's idea of a sufficient income grows with their salary. But Orr feels that this is an approach that was more fashionable in a time of prosperity than it is now.
This article appeared in the Guardian on 10 December 2009.
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A paper by
Francesco Caselli and
Guy Michaels, “Do Oil Windfalls Improve Living Standards? Evidence from Brazil,” takes a closer look at how the resource curse works its anti-magic.
This article appeared in the blog, Knowledge Problem
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‘Do Oil Windfalls Improve Living Standards? Evidence from Brazil’, Francesco Caselli and Guy Michaels, Centre for Economic Performance Discussion Paper No.960, December 2009.
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Despite the two-decade decline in union power, research shows that managers do not perceive workplaces to be more harmonious.
Alex Bryson, of the London School of Economics attributes this to an “individualisation” of conflict: “Parallel to union decline has been a profound increase in individual grievances and a phenomenal rise in employment tribunals.”
This article appeared in the Times on 9 December 2009.
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Linda Yueh interviewed, commenting on what to expect and what is needed in the Pre-Budget Report.
This interview was broadcast on 8 December 2009. (No link avalible)
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Worse, focusing on therapy – along with coercion to take jobs, any jobs, as has long been the view of Richard Layard, the government's therapy and “happiness tzar” – must divert attention from the causes of mental anxiety and insecurity.
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Linda Yueh commenting on comparing gold prices today with the peak in 1980.
This article appeared in the Wall Street Journal on 7 December
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How much does Whitehall pay trade union representatives, and what do these officials do? Making this information public for the first time ever, Civil Service World presents the data on each department
Tim Leunig an economic historian at the London School of Economics who specialises in industrial relations, thinks that in reality a Tory government will need the cooperation of the civil service unions too much to withdraw the “miniscule” sums involved in facility time.
This article appeared on Civil Service Network on 7 December 2009
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The government's chief immigration adviser has called for a review of "lower tier" colleges over fears that too many foreign students are being given visas at the end of their degree courses. Professor David Metcalf said he was "stunned" to discover hundreds of colleges which were not "proper" universities could grant two-year work and residence visas to non-EU students. Professor Metcalf discusses visa system.
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The Today Programme Archive for Friday 4th December 2009.(includes recording with David Metcalf).
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"Foreign student visa review call by UK advisory body" 4th December 2009
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A British panel advising on immigration recommended raising the minimum pay skilled migrants must earn and lowering their level of educational achievement to gain residency in the UK.
The change resulted from discussions with businesses based in the City, London’s financial district, which had said requirements for a masters’ degree made it harder to hire from outside the European Union, said David Metcalf, a professor of industrial relations at the London School of Economics, who chaired the panel.
This article appeared on Bloomberg.com on 4 December 2009.
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Linda Yueh Guest Host, to comment on various issues in the global economy including the Dubai debt crisis.
This interview was broadcast on 1st December 2009 on CNBC
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Linda Yueh interviewed, to comment on the possibility of a debt crisis in the UK with a hung parliament and the implications for the economic recovery.
This interview was broadcast on 1 December 2009 on Channel 4
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Richard Layard of the London School of Economics has argued that what developed societies need is not more employment but more enjoyment!
This article appeared in the Trinidad and Tobago Express on 29 November 2009
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Linda Yueh interviewed, to comment on the EU-China relationship and the valuation of the Chinese currency.
This interview was broadcast on Bloomberg on 27 November 2009. (no link available)
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Linda Yueh was interviewed for the programme, assessing the sustainability of China's growth and reorientation toward domestic demand.
This programme was broadcast on ABC (Australia) on 26 November 2009 (no link avalible).
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Further to our meeting on 25 November, The Accord Coalition has a summary of recent research into faith schools (pdf) including this abstract for research by Stephen Gibbons and Olmo Sliva, London School of Economics. “ABSTRACT We provide estimates for the effect of attending a Faith school on educational achievement using a census of primary school pupils in England.
This article appeared on the Dorset Humanists website on 26 November 2009.
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‘In brief: Faith Primary Schools: Better Schools or Better Pupils?’, Stephen Gibbons and Olmo Silva. Article in CentrePiece Volume 12, Issue 1, Summer 2007
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As
Richard Layard, of the London School of Economics states: “We have more food, more clothes, more cars, bigger houses, more central heating, more foreign holidays, a shorter working week, nice work , and above all, better health. Yet we are not happier.
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Professor Richard Layard, of the London School of Economics, is a leading proponent of the idea that public policy can make a real difference to the quantum of happiness in society. He has shown that increased incomes, better housing, possession of cars and television sets, and all the other appurtenances of well-furnished life are not what make people happy, at least once they have risen above a certain material level.
This article appeared on Sina blog on 26 November 2009.
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Peter Boone is chairman of the charity Effective Intervention and a research associate at the
Center for Economic Performance at the London School of Economics.
This article appeared in the New York Times on 26 November 2009
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Department of Economics Public Debate
Date: Monday 30 November 2009
Time: 6.30-8.00pm
Venue: Old Theatre, Old Building
Speakers: Professor Tim Besley, Professor Willem Buiter, Professor Charles Goodhart, Professor Chris Pissarides
Where does the global economy now stand one year in to the global crisis? What is the impact of the range of policy actions that governments have undertaken?
There is an unmissable opportunity to hear some of the leading Economics professors at the LSE debate the global economic crisis next Monday evening in the Old Theatre. Professors
Tim Besley, Willem Buiter and Charles Goodhart will be discussing where the global economy stands one year in to the global crisis, and what has been the impact of the range of policy actions that governments have undertaken. Chairing the debate will be
Professor Lord Layard, who will open the debate to questions from the floor after all parties have expressed their views.
The debate will start at 6.30pm sharp; please ensure you are in your seats by 6.15pm at the latest. The event is free and open to all with no ticket required. Entry is on a first come, first served basis.
Any queries, email
events@lse.ac.uk or phone 020 7955 6043.
Paper by John Scmitt posted on Kasama.
At face value, it appeared to be broadly consistent with the data (even though economists on the left, such as David Howell and Lawrence Mishel, and more mainstream economists including David Card, John DiNardo, Alan Manning, and others have presented strong critiques).
This article appeared on Kasama on 25 November 2009
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‘Lousy and Lovely Jobs: the Rising Polarisation of Work in Britain’, Martin Goos and Alan Manning, Centre for Economic Performance Discussion Paper No.604, December 2003.
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‘Lousy and Lovely Jobs: The Rising Polarization of Work in Britain’, Martin Goos and Alan Manning, Review of Economics and Statistics, vol. 89, no. 1 (February 2007), pp.118-133.
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Linda Yueh speaking on the possible need to recapitalise Chinese banks.
This interview was broadcast on 24 November 2009 on CNBC
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Richard Layard and Joseph Stiglitz (one a Nobel Laureate, the other one of those who tried to jam some economic understanding into my brain) rightly tell us that gross domestic product isn't in fact the be-all and end-all of how we should be measuring life.
This article appeared in A.H.Roslan Harahap - blog on 25 November 2009.
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... in view of research by Professors Richard Wilkinson, Kate Pickett and
Richard Layard suggesting that an unequal society is unhealthy and unhappy.
This article appeared in DeHavilland on 24 November 2009
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Professor Richard Layard, a Labour Peer, sometimes called Britain's happiness Tsar - puts the threshold at a little over £10000 – the amount at which basic needs can be satisfied. Above that level nations can become richer without necessarily becoming happier.
This article appeared in Practical Ethics on 24 November 2009.
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The LSE
Centre for Economic Performance published findings in June 2007 showing output per worker in the UK is 13% lower than Germany, 18% lower than the US and 20% lower than France.
This article appeared on Daily Tips for Business on 23 November 2009.
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By Tim Worstall
Today's entry from the Annals, the Analects of Stupidity, brings together two wildly different economists: our own Richard Layard, New Labour Peer exemplary, and Alan Reynolds of the Cato Institute.
This article appeared on the Adam Smith Institute Blog on 23 November 2009.
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At the 2008 SASE meeting in San José, Costa Rica,
David Marsden organized a session on the prospects for a renewed institutional labour economics. The debate began with introductory remarks by Paul Osterman, who sketched out an argument that at the time was still in its very early stages. The introduction and the subsequent comments were found by the audience to be highly productive. After the session, the editors of Socio-Economic Review asked the participants to share their views with the readers of the journal. We are grateful to Paul Osterman for taking up the challenge and summarizing the state of his thinking in a brief draft of what has yet to be developed into a formal paper. We also thank the discussants who agreed to write up their comments on the basis of Osterman's intermediate draft.
This article appeared in the Socio-Economic Review, Vol. 7, Issue 4, pp. 695-726, 2009
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By David Pilgrim – School of Social Work, University of Central Lancashire, Preston, PRI ZHE
Abstract: This review essay examines an important recent contribution from an economist Richard Layard to debates about the social and economic sources of mental distress and ways of responding to the latter. His book Happiness is one of many contributions from him about these topics. It provides a persuasive case for ‘upstream’ causes of mental health problems, which includes a critique of modern consumerism. A much less persuasive case is made though for therapeutic social engineering in response to psychological casualties of these socio-economic forces.
This article appeared in the European Journal of Psychotherapy & Counselling, Volume 10, Issue 3 September 2008 , pp. 247 – 260
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By Bill Mitchell
I think
Richard Layard should stop using the term Job Guarantee until he is prepared to advocate something more than a scrap of direct job creation in the face of millions of unemployed workers. If the British government could get beyond their “gold standard” fiscal straitjacket then the solution is there for them to take - give all those who want a job, immediate employment and integrate skills development into the paid work environment.
This article appeared on New Deal 2.0 – blog on 20 November 2009.
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Linda Yueh spoke on her public lecture at Australian National University (ANU): "The Law and Economics of Globalisation: New Challenges for a World in Flux", covering her latest book.
This programme was broadcast on 19 November 2009
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By Glenis Willmott MEP (Member of the European Parliament for the East Midlands and Labour's leader in the European Parliament)
Alongside Larry Elliott of the Guardian, (Lord Professor)
Richard Layard from LSE and Andrew Simms of the New Economic Foundation I spoke of how the present economic situation offers a huge opportunity to change our world for the better.
This article appeared on Glenis Willmott's blog on November 19 2009.
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Willem Buiter of the LSE has criticised the Fiscal Responsibility Bill.
This article appeared in the Financial Times on 19 November 2009 (No link avaliable)
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The LSE's professor
Willem Buiter is among economists who have derided the Fiscal Responsibility Bill. He said: "Fiscal responsibility acts are instruments of the fiscally irresponsible to con the public."
This article appeared in the Daily Telegraph on November 19 2009
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Linda Yueh was interviewed for a programme assessing President Obama's visit to China.
This programme was broadcast on 18 November 2009. (No link avaliable).
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Economists Nick Bloom and Nir Jaimovich have conducted new research that shows economic uncertainty can have large depressing effects on the economy.
This article appeared on Forbes.com on 18 November 2009.
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‘The Impact of Uncertainty Shocks: Firm Level Estimation and a 9/11 Simulation’, Nick Bloom, Centre for Economic Performance Discussion Paper No. 718, March 2006
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Paul Gregg of Bristol University and
Richard Layard of the London School of Economics have called on the British government to provide a “job guarantee” to anyone out of work for more than 18 months (and any youngster out of work for a year).
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Professor Willem Buiter of the London School of Economics said: "Fiscal responsibility acts are instruments of the fiscally irresponsible to con the public" in response to Gordon Brown's fiscal responsibility bill.
This article appeared in the Financial Times on November 19 2009 [No link avaliable].
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El catedrático de Estrategia y Ciencias Económicas de la
London School in Economics (LSE), Luis Garicano, defendió hoy las fusiones de cajas de ahorro "entre una fuerte y una débil", al tiempo que criticó los "matrimonios de conveniencia política" entre entidades.
This article appeared in Europa Press on 17 December 2009.
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Dr Tim Leunig, London School of Economics, writes to the Evening Standard about bank regulation.
This article appeared in the Evening Standard on 17 November 2009 (No link avaliable).
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By Andy Newman - A review of the David Halpern book, The Hidden Wealth of Nations (Policy Press).
‘The third pillar that the book stands upon is a rigorous discussion of social capital, and standards of happiness, and how contentment can be quantified and encouraged by government policy, hence the glowing endorsements it has received from experts in that field, Richard Easterlin and
Richard Layard.’
This article appeared in Socialist Unity on 16 October 2009
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The main themes of the TUC's 'Beyond Crisis' conference were reinforced in an afternoon session featuring Lord Richard Layard, Andrew Simms of the New Economic Foundation (nef), and Glenis Willmott MEP. Layard and Simms called for a refocusing of economic policy.
This article appeared in LeftFootForward.com on 16 November 2009
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Creating Sustainable Growth In Europe - Seminar and Debate - 25 November 2009
Wednesday, 25 November at the Royal Society and the Institute of Directors
followed by a Farewell Reception for The Anglo-German Foundation 1973-2009
On 25 November the Anglo-German Foundation is holding a seminar and debate at the Royal Society to mark the conclusion of its 3-year research initiative on 'creating sustainable growth in europe' and to launch the findings into the public realm.
Under this unique initiative, four teams of leading international researchers have investigated, on the basis of comparisons between Germany and the UK, the four main dimensions (economic, environmental, social and political) of the biggest challenge facing us today: how to maintain economic prosperity without irreversibly depleting our environmental and social capital.
Summaries of their findings will be published at the seminar and distributed to all participants. Sir Tony Atkinson (Oxford) will be one of the distinguished speakers who will participate in the event.
The culmination of this initiative marks the conclusion of the work of the Anglo-German Foundation, which has funded comparative research and policy exchange between the two largest European partners for over 30 years. The initiative thus represents the key component of the Foundation's legacy, and the seminar will be followed by a farewell reception at the Institute of Directors to celebrate that legacy.
Amongst the speakers are HE Sir Michael Arthur (British Ambassador Berlin), Tony Atkinson, John Elliott (Chief Economist, Home Office), Andreas Gestrich(German Historical Institute London), David Goodhart (Prospect magazine), Nick Mabey (e3g), Geoff Mulgan (the Young Foundation), Vicky Price
(Economics (BIS) & JUK Government Economic Service), Sir Peter Ricketts (FCO and Diplomatic Service)
For further details
download the programme (in Adobe PDF format) OR for an invitation please email
ap@agf.org.uk
Linda Yueh gave an interview to Peking University’s news service after speaking at the 2009 Beijing Forum.
This article appeared in Peking University News on 13 November 2009.
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I tried to write about Cameron’s appalling Hugo Young lecture yesterday, and failed. That was partly due to work pressure. Partly because I was just so angry at what he said.
Madeleine Bunting has said it better anyway this morning, and I’m quoting at above average length because it is just so good:
It was astonishing intellectual bravado – and utterly duplicitous. David Cameron has taken 15 years of thinking on the left – Naomi Klein, Zygmunt Bauman,
Richard Layard, Richard Sennett among others – and put the whole back catalogue on its head.
This article appeared in the blog: Tax Research UK, on November 12, 2009
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It was astonishing intellectual bravado – and utterly duplicitous. David Cameron has taken 15 years of thinking on the left – Naomi Klein, Zygmunt Bauman,
Richard Layard, Richard Sennett among others – and put the whole back catalogue on its head.
This article appeared in the Guardian on November 12, 2009
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Peter Boone, chairman of
Effective Intervention, at the
Center for Economic Performance co-writes with Simon Johnson that the American dollar is in the midst of a large fall in its value, as compared with other major currencies.
This article appeared in the New York Times on November 12, 2009
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Blog written by Adam Lent (Head of Economic and Social Affairs, TUC) says, that there have been a fair number of intrepid souls who never lost the faith in the need to develop alternative economic approaches. Some - like
Richard Layard, Robert Skidelsky and Dan Ariely have already had an influence. But increasingly the work of thinkers like Carlota Perez, Geoffrey Hodgson, Robin Murray and those gathered around the Santa Fe Institute in the States is coming to the fore.
This article appeared on the blog 'Liberal Conspiracy' on November 9, 2009
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...prosperous than others, according to
Richard Layard, an economist at the
Centre for Economic Performance...
This article appeared in The Chronicle of Higher Education on November 8, 2009
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The global recession is over. Pro or con?
Linda Yueh argues the con case in the Debate Room forum on the global recession being over.
This article appeared in Business Week on 8 November 2009.
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Jonathan Wadsworth has a relatively new discussion paper looking into how the national minimum wage affected UK prices.
This article appeared on the blog 'Free Market Mojo' on November 8, 2009
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India’s National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA), guarantees 100 days of minimum-wage employment on public works to every rural household that asks for it. The idea has appeal even in rich countries.
Paul Gregg of Bristol University and
Richard Layard of the London School of Economics have called on the British government to provide a “job guarantee” to anyone out of work for more than 18 months (and any youngster out of work for a year).
This article appeared in the Economist on November 5, 2009
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How much does Whitehall pay trade union representatives, and what do these officials do? Making this information public for the first time ever, Civil Service World presents the data on each department.
Tim Leunig, an economic historian at the London School of Economics who specialises in industrial relations, thinks that in reality a Tory government will need the cooperation of the civil service unions too much to withdraw the “miniscule” sums involved in facility time.
This article appeared on Civil Service Network on 5th November 2009
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These themes define the organizational characteristics that lead to exceptional work experiences - the situations that result in a highly motivated staff. Reference given for
Centre for Economic Performance Discussion Paper No.626 by Patterson, M., Warr, P., and West, M.
This article appeared in Lab Manager magazine on 4 November 2009
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Richard Layard, a professor of economics in Britain, even asserted that making others envious by making too much money was tantamount to creating a public nuisance.
This artivle appeared in JoongAng Daily on 4 november 2009.
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Professor Lord
Richard Layard will be speaking at Beyond Crisis, a TUC / Guardian one-day conference on progressive responses to the financial crisis on 16 Nov.
This article appeared on the blog 'Touchstone' on November 3, 2009
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Linda Yueh was interviewed, commenting on the UK banks, RBS and Lloyds, in terms of the additional government funding, rights issues, and restructuring on competition grounds.
The interview was shown on Channel 4 News on November 3, 2009
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Linda Yueh was interviewed, to comment on the UK banks, RBS and Lloyds, in terms of the additional government funding, rights issues, and restructuring on competition grounds.
This interview was broadcast on Channel 4 News on 3 November 2009.
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Sociologists such as
Richard Layard represent an anti-consumerist trend. Layard argue that economic growth and its consequent material benefits do not make us happy. I would like Layard to do a survey of the millions made unemployed through this recession to see how much happier they are now that they have lost the benefits of a wage. Do we really think that poverty will make us happier?
This article appeared on the blog UK After the Recession on November 2, 2009
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Recently, academics such as
Nick Bloom have been quantifying management quality through indices of adherence to good practices, and measuring management quality in many firms in several countries.
This article appeared on LiveMint.com on 1st November 2009.
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Yet the equally-eminent professor
Richard Layard of the
Center for Economic Performance of the London School of Economics, insisted that merely patching up GNP is not enough. In his talk on “Why subjective well-being is the key measure,” he proposed the adoption of a single over-arching measure that does not use the metric of money. “We can only break away from the GDP stranglehold by doing something different,” Layard said. “We should value goods as the people value them, not as we outsiders value them.”
This article appeared in the Inquirer.net - Philippines
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Vicente Cuñat y
Luis Garicano, profesores de la London School of Economics y miembros de la Fundación Fedea, han realizado un pormenorizado estudio en el que demuestran que lo que más diferencia a una caja de un banco no es su naturaleza política, como podía parecer, sino la menor profesionalización de sus gestores. Por ejemplo: sólo el 31% de los presidentes tiene estudios de master o doctorado (u otro posterior a la licenciatura); la mitad de ellos ha tenido experiencia bancaria previa y la mitad ha ocupado cargos políticos con anterioridad.
This article appeared in El País on 31st October 2009.
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Linda Yueh interviewed on the US exiting recession and impact on the UK.
This interview was broadcast on 30th October 2009. (No link avaliable)
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Whether they can do so in a way that actually gets the attention of the politicians is a different issue, and a subject for tomorrow's blog. Off to listen to
Richard Layard now.
This article appeared in Duncan Green's Blog From poverty to Power on 29 October 2009
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Linda Yueh spoke on the US exiting recession and impact on the UK.
This interview was broadcast on BBC 1 on 29th October 2009. (no link avaliable)
Also interviewed on IMF revisions of Asian/global economic growth on BBC World News “World Business Report”.
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In a recent interview with
Richard Layard of the London School of Economics, a UPI article stated: “In an economy where people are constantly forced to compete with each other, life and work become a rat race, he says.
This appeared in Killing Batteries on 29th October 2009.
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Professor Willem Buiter, LSE, discussed the economy including the split of Northern Rock.
This programme was broadcast on CNBC on 28th October 2009 (no link avaliable).
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Linda Yueh commented on tightening measures in China.
This article was broadcast on Voice of America (Mandarin Service) on 28 October 2009 (no link avaliable).
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Tim Leunig reader in economic history at the LSE, suggests how a Conservative government could best manage the threat of strikes from public sector workers.
This article appeared in the Financial Times on 28th October 2009.
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According to Italian economists Enrico Moretti and
Marco Manacorda, who have studied the phenomenon of the
mammone, or mama's boy (who grows up so attached to his home that he never really becomes independent or self-sufficient), the issue also comes down to culture.
This article appeared in TIME - USA on October 21, 2009
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Peter Boone of the London School of Economics is mentioned in an article about the state of the financial sector.
This article appeared in the Financial Times Online on October 21, 2009
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Economists from the London School of Economics found that the average increase in annual pay produced by strikes was only 0.3 per cent, while the average strike lasted 11 days.
This article appeared in the Times on October 21, 2009
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Jonathan Wadsworth, Centre for Economic Performance Discussion Paper No.92, August 1992.
Abstract: One-in-forty manufacturing settlements involved a strike during the 1980s. Strike days lost were equivalent to half a day for each worker in manufacturing. On average, for the decade as a whole, real pay increases where there was a strike were 0,7 per cent a year higher than settlements without a strike. Larger bargaining groups were more likely to achieve above average pay increases from strike action than were bargaining groups with fewer employees. After controlling for other influences on settlements a strike is found to boost the annual real pay rise by 0.3 per cent, equivalent to 45 pounds a year in 1991. The "average" strike in this sample lasts 11 days. Such a strike requires the wage gain for 30 years (with a discount rate of .06 or less) for the benefit to at least equal the cost. This hints that the average strike may not be a good investment for the union. But shorter strikes are more likely to be worthwhile.
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Linda Yueh was interviewed, commenting on China’s expected 3rd quarter GDP figure.
This interview was broadcast on October 19, 2009
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Recent research by
Nick Bloom – as well as research of an earlier vintage by Fed chairman Ben Bernanke – suggests that the impact of the credit crunch on uncertainty will lead to an economic slowdown much worse than we currently anticipate.
Article from CEP’s CentrePiece Spring 2008 on this blog site.
This article appeared on Dostdoc.com- blog on 19th October 2009.
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LSE's
Professor Willem Buiter is quoted on the bonus culture in the banking sector.
This article appeared in the Observer on 18th October 2009.
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In
Richard Layard's book Happiness: Lessons From a New Science, the 7 factors found to effect happiness most were family relationships (#1), financial situation, work, community and friends, health, personal freedom, and personal values.
This article appeared in the Huffington Post on 15 October 2009.
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In an article for Nature Magazine,
Richard Freeman writes "With rare prescience for economists, in 2008 and 2009
John Van Reenen of the London School of Economics and I published analyses of how bursts in R&D spending affect the market for research. To avoid a post-burst hangover, we argued for smoother changes in spending.
This article appeared in Nature.com on October 15, 2009
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Innovation Policy and the Economy, Volume 9, February 2009.
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Economist
Tim Leunig, who advocates that folk in cities like Liverpool and Sunderland should head south if they want to work, says his bit and even repellent art critic Brian Sewell is listened to politely.
This article appeared in the Daily Mirror on October 14, 2009
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Tim Leunig interviewed on a programme on the North v South with John Prescott.
This programme appeared on BBC2 Television on October 14, 2009
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Over the past decades each generation has seen more and more people milking the benefit system, which has sapped their will to work, the research from the
Centre for Economic Performance said.
This article appeared in Open Your Eyes News on October 9, 2009
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Of course, many readers will think my behaviour just plain bonkers, asking why on Earth a man who professes to dislike work as much as I do should meekly volunteer for more, without any extra reward. But the older you are, says a study published this week by the
Centre for Economic Performance, the easier you will find it to understand. According to
Jean-Baptiste Michau, who wrote the report, the work ethic has been steadily crumbling away throughout Europe over the past few decades, with fewer people in each succeeding generation finding it wrong to accept money for doing nothing.
This article appeared in The Daily Mail on October 9, 2009
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US crisis response was necessary and successful; BUT we didn’t act early enough and didn’t push financial institutions to act early enough
Willem Buiter, London School of Economics
This article appeared on Bretton Woods Project on 8th October 2009
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The economic tsunami washing over metro Detroit swept its casualties to the doors of Cobo Center on Wednesday in the form of 35,000 people so desperate for help with mortgage and utility bills that threats were made, fights broke out and people were nearly trampled."
This is from the Daily Mail, UK: "Benefits 'Wrecked the British Work Ethic,' New Study Claims." … Over the past decades each generation has seen more and more people milking the benefit system, which has sapped their will to work, the research from the
Centre for Economic Performance said.
This was broadcast on RushLimbaugh.com Sherman Oaks, California on October 8 2009.
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A
new study by London School of Economics professor
Matti Sarvimäki finds that the Soviet invasion of Finland in 1939, which displaced over 430,000 Finns, was the geopolitical equivalent of your parents serving you with an eviction notice. The study reveals that thousands of Finnish men, though tragically cut loose by the illegal and poorly-executed invasion that may have cemented Hitler’s decision to invade the USSR, ended up earning substantially more than Finnish men not unmoored by the Winter War.
This article appeared on Trueslant.com on 6 October 2009.
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Willem Buiter, professor of European political economy at the London School of Economics, says that it is a fallacy to think economic models, particularly those based on history, can hope to understand the fundamental relationships in a large and complex economy.
This article appeared in the Financial Times on October 6, 2009
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When I think of Richard Layard's books on Happiness Ken Dodd's song of the same name always pops into my head. Who knows why. Once upon a time in the not too
distant past Layard's was NL's 'Happiness Tsar', he proposed we could easily train 10,000 new therapists within the next seven years.
Some 5,000 of these should be "clinical psychologists"...
This article appeared on the Harpymarx blog on October 4, 2010
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Take for example
Richard Layard's idea that nutters should, instead of being given pills, have cognitive therapy. A flagship government strategy to train an army of therapists to get the nation off antidepressants and into work could be dramatically scaled back amid claims it is experiencing problems.
This article appeared Tim Worstall's blog site on October 4, 2009
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Professor Lord Richard Layard, a former government adviser whose 2006 report on depression was instrumental in establishing the programme, has claimed that, after fewer than 16 CBT sessions, at least half of people with depression or clinical anxiety will see significant improvement in their mental health.
This article appeared in the Guardian on October 4, 2009
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Banks bought about 110,000 homes to keep losses off their books as Spain’s property bubble burst, according to a real estate researcher in Madrid. Now they’re using strategies reminiscent of the boom times - 100 percent mortgages, low interest rates and free cars - to sell homes, potentially slowing a drop in prices that’s needed to spur recovery from Spain’s worst recession in 60 years. "Maybe you can create some accounting value with all these tricks, but in the end it doesn’t make the situation any better and in the long term makes it worse," said
Luis Garicano, a professor of economics and strategy at the London School of Economics, in a phone interview.
This article appeared in Bloomberg News on October 4, 2009
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Linda Yueh took part in a televised debate recorded at the QFinance forum in Doha.
The debate was recorded for broadcast on CNBC Television on October 1, 2009
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Linda Yueh was interviewed on the prospect of overheating in the Chinese economy.
This interview was broadcast on the Voice of America (Mandarin Service) on September 29, 2009
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Linda Yueh interviewed, on the latest lending figures from the Bank of England, the rising savings rate and the revised UK GDP.
This interview was broadcast on 29th September 2009.
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Now [Joshua] Angrist, Ford Professor of Economics at MIT, has distilled those insights into a surprise-hit book, "Mostly Harmless Econometrics," along with co-author
Jorn-Steffen Pischke, a former MIT professor who now teaches at the London School of Economics.
This article appeared on Physorg.com.
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At the World Congress on Psychosomatic Medicine which opened today in Torino
Lord Richard Layard, Professor at the London School of Economics, has provided data on the British experience concerned with Improved Access to Psychological Therapy (APT).
This article appeared in Zikir Health News on September 28, 2009
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Using data from a number of seasons of La Liga, in Spain,
Luis Garicano, Ignacio Palacios-Huerta and Canice Prendergast systematically analysed referees' practices in a substantial paper in the Review of Economics and Statistics. They ask if it is true that referees do add more time at the end of games when it might benefit the home team, and if so, why?
This article appeared on UTV News on 24th September 2009.
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As professor
Richard Layard of the London School of Economics said: "GDP is a hopeless measure of happiness." It is a refrain taken up by the French president.
This article appeared on MSN money on 24th September 2009.
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At the World Congress on Psychosomatic Medicine which opened today in Torino Lord Richard Layard, Professor at the London School of Economics, has provided data on the British experience concerned with Improved Access to Psychological Therapy (IAPT).
This article appeared on News Medical Net, Australia on 24th September 2009
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A study by two economists,
Nick Bloom of Stanford and
John Van Reenen of the London School of Economics, concluded that companies that use the most widely accepted management techniques, of the sort that are taught in business schools, outperform their peers in all the measures that matter, such as productivity, sales growth and return on capital. Many companies in the developing world, not least China, are desperate to hire more MBAs in order to improve their traditionally slapdash approach to management.
This article appeared in the Economist on September 24, 2009
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5000 victims of domestic abuse are unable to access the help they need from federally funded services every day according to new research(1) from the London School of Economics and Political Science published in the journal
Health Affairs today.
Dr Radha Iyengar of the LSE Economics Department and Centre for Economic Performance, and her colleague Lindsay Sabik of Harvard University, developed the first survey(2) of assistance provided to individuals in need by over 2000 programs across the United States on an average day. It is also the first peer-reviewed survey to be conducted after the reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act in 2006.
The survey was conducted over one 24 hour period(3) during which nearly 50,000 people used these domestic violence services: 14,518 received emergency shelter; 7989 received transitional housing designed to move women from emergency into permanent housing; and 25,843 received non residential services – such as one-to-one counselling, safety planning and legal services – only.
However, over 5000 requests for help could not be met due to a lack of resources: 1752 of these were for emergency shelter; 1432 for transitional housing, 1999 for non residential services.
A higher proportion of unmet requests came from rural, economically disadvantaged and minority communities. As a result the report highlights the need for increased funding for domestic violence programs, especially in these areas.
Dr Iyengar said: 'These community-based organisations do essential work. They are often the last resort before the emergency room for victims of domestic violence. We know that when women do not have outside options are more likely to be killed.
'Clearly more funding of domestic violence programs is needed to meet as many requests for support as possible – particularly for transitional housing – in the places that need them most. These programs often do their best to find the "next best option" if they cannot meet the request but they are constrained by a lack of resources.'
A critical need for victims of domestic abuse is temporary, safe living quarters. Almost 65 per cent of programs that participated in the survey provided some form of emergency shelter. The authors of the report estimated that over the course of a year there will be over 5 million person-nights spent in shelter beds.
The researchers identified a particular need for more transitional housing. A fifth of programs surveyed offered emergency but no transitional housing. This is a crucial deficiency because shelters with transitional housing report much lower rates of victims returning to abusive partners.
Dr Iyengar said: 'While our survey is useful in identifying the services offered by crisis programs it can only provide limited information about the overall level of domestic abuse. Little is known about victims who use crisis services, but even less is known about victims who do not seek help. Unfortunately the true incidence of abuse likely to be much higher that the calls we recorded.'
Federally-funded, community-based domestic violence programs provide a range of services including shelters, counseling services, and financial and low cost legal support. They also provide an important referral destination for medical professionals who lack the time or resources to address the multi-faceted issues that victims of domestic violence face and for victims who do not want to disclose abuse to the police or medical professionals.
In the US the National Domestic Violence Hotline is 1-800-799-SAFE (7233) or TTY 1-800-787-3224
In the UK the freephone 24-hour National Domestic Violence Helpline (run in partnership between Women's Aid and Refuge) is
0808 2000 247
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Notes to editors
(1) An electronic copy of the paper
The Dangerous Shortage of Domestic Violence Services is available from the LSE press office or Sue Ducat, Director of Communications at
Health Affairs tel: (301) 841-9962 e:
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(2)The survey was the first National Census on Domestic Violence Services (2006).
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Linda Yueh quoted in an article by Jamie Robertson, as saying that the Chinese market tends to follow confidence - or the lack of it - in the economy generally, rather than corporate performance because of the predominance of state ownership. "The fall in the last three or four weeks has been around 20% which is a pretty amazing drop," she says.
This article appeared on the BBC online on September 4, 2009
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LONDON: Deep cuts in the numbers of migrant workers coming from outside Europe to Britain could lead to the loss of British jobs as companies relocate to more immigration-friendly countries, employers warned yesterday. “We could find ourselves in a situation like the US — where companies shift projects to Vancouver because of the tough rules on migrants,” said Neil Carberry, head of pensions and employment policy at the CBI. Carberry applauded the migration advisory committee, headed by
Professor David Metcalf of the London School of Economics, for opposing changes, particularly to the “intra-company route”. More than 60 per cent of migrant workers come to the UK through intra-company transfers.
This article appeared in The Himalayan Times on September 2, 2009
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As
Luis Garicano of the London School of Economics argues, “that the crisis has hit Spanish employment disproportionately is due to the catastrophic way the labor market works.” Unless action is taken to remedy the underlying causes of Spain’s unemployment crisis, the country faces a prolonged and dire recession.
This article appeared in RGE Monitor on September 2, 2009
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Dr Alexander Grous from the LSE's
Centre for Economic Performance, who has studied the link between IT investment and business performance, said: "The lesson we can draw here is that companies cannot simply save their way back to recovery. Innovation deficits are extremely hard to redress. Organisations that recover best are those investing in areas of the business that can deliver long-term returns — areas such as IT."
This article appeared online on Computing.co.uk on September 2, 2009
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"Income growth - particularly the top end, also driven by wealth accumulation - remains robust in China," said
Linda Yueh …."Thus, wealthy Chinese may find that the weak pound makes Britain an attractive place to shop."
This article appeared in Reuters news on September 1, 2009
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Professor Paul Gregg of the
Centre for Economic Performance brought them up to date with current Labour Force Survey figures: 2.1 million of those who have never worked are under 24, over three-quarters of them students
This article appeared in the Guardian on 28th August 2009
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GEORGE TOWN: Asia-Pacific countries, especially China and India, are replacing the US as the main consumer of goods produced in the region, which will help sustain the region’s economic recovery,
“China registered a trade deficit last month, which shows that it is importing more than it is exporting,” said
Danny Quah, an economics professor at the
London School of Economics and Political Science.
This article appeared in The Star (Malaysia) on 28th August 2009.
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John Van Reenen, director of the
Centre for Economic Performance (CEP) and Professor at the London School of Economics, today becomes joint recipient (with Fabrizio Zilibotti) of the
Yrjo Jahnsson Award in Economics 2009, Europe’s most prestigious prize for economic researchers. The citation from the Board of the Yrjo Jahnsson Foundation, which nominated them as recipients, says:
‘John Van Reenen and Fabrizio Zilibotti, both on their own and in joint work, have made several important contributions to the analysis of technological innovation and its link with economic growth and labour market phenomena’.
‘The work of Van Reenen and Zilibotti addresses very relevant questions, with rich policy implications, using a diversity of research styles and methods, but always with the highest standards of rigour and excellence.’
The Award is given every two years in cooperation with the European Economic Association (EEA) to a European economist under the age of 45 who has made a contribution in theoretical and applied research that is significant to economics in Europe. This year, the recipients will be announced at a ceremony at the annual congress of the EEA in Barcelona on Thursday 27 August.
The Award recognises the broad scope and impact of Professor Van Reenen’s research on the world of work and business:
‘John Van Reenen has made several contributions to the empirical analysis of labour markets, competition policy and industrial economics, especially in areas relating to productivity growth, management practices, R&D, intellectual property, and investment decisions.’
‘He has also done pioneering work on the organizational structure of the firm and its relation to innovation, contributing both with empirical evidence and measurement tools.’
Professor Van Reenen said:
‘I am deeply honoured to receive this award. It belongs more to the wonderful colleagues and students I have been so lucky to have worked with over the years.’
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The Conservatives' £15bn commitment to build new high-speed rail links in the UK if they are elected is "campaigning nonsense", according to experts speaking at an engineering conference in London.
London School of Economics lecturer
Dr Tim Leunig branded the Conservatives' plans a campaigning nonsense, saying that it would cost at least £11bn to build a London to Birmingham connection and that ...
This aritcle appeared in Railway Technology on 27th August 2009.
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Dr Tim Leunig , LSE, discussed the new high speed rail link proposed by Network Rail.
This interview was broadcast on BBC Radio 4 on 26th August 2009.
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The British Government has decided that happiness is of great importance to the nation and has appointed economist
Richard Layard our first "Happiness Tsar." His mission is to build some positive thinking into the workforce from childhood, so children will develop into more resilient adults. In his book,
Happiness: Lessons from a New Science, he writes: "There is a creative spark in each of us, and if it finds no outlet, we feel half dead. This can literally be true: among British civil servants, those who do the most routine work experience the most rapid clogging of arteries."
This article appeared on HarvardBussiness.org on 25th August 2009.
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In November last year, the British monarch visited the London School of Economics. There she asked a simple question: How come all the economists didn’t notice that the credit crunch was about to happen?
This article appeared on Bloomberg.com on 25th August 2009.
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Depression factor. This last issue has become a much more significant aspect of public policy in the last few years, associated in particular with economist Richard Layard, who argues in his 2006 study, "The Depression Report," that the effect of mental illness on happiness is underestimated and that mental illness is related to labor market experience.
This article appeared on Forbes.com on 24th August 2009.
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David Usborne comments on historian Niall Ferguson's response to remarks made by Paul Krugman, Centenary Professor at the London School of Economics, about Barack Obama.
This article appeared in the Independent on 24th August 2009.
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Richard Layard of the London School of Economics, in his book
"Happiness: Messages From a New Science", presented a concise overview of the evidence that happiness, well-being and quality of life, beyond a certain level, do not increase with GDP growth.
This article appeared in The Nation on 24th August 2009.
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America’s top liberal pundit is at loggerheads with a British don over how to save the world economy.
The argument is about whether the huge stimulus programmes launched by governments around the world, and the way central banks are furiously printing money, are lifting the global economy out of recession. Or whether they are just teeing up the next crisis — hyper-inflation and an even worse economic collapse.
This article appeared in the Times on 23rd August 2009.
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Scotland's most controversial historian has become embroiled in a race row with a Nobel Prize winner over comments he made about President Barack Obama.
Observers said the New York debate between
Krugman, professor of economics and international affairs at Princeton and Centenary professor at
London School of Economics and Ferguson descended into a row over the US issuing Treasury bonds to inject money into financial markets.
This article appeared in the Scotsman on 23rd August 2009.
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Linda Yueh commented on possible tightening of monetary policies in China and the Euro Zone.
(no link available)
This interview was broadcast on Voice of America on 21st August 2009. (no link available)
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Three weeks ago an impressive selection of the great and the good wrote to the Queen explaining why so few experts predicted the crunch. They were responding to Her Majesty’s famous inquiry, “Why did no one see it coming?” – delivered as she toured the
London School of Economics last year...
This article appeared on energybulletin.net on 21st August 2009.
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Linda Yueh interviewed about China's overseas energy investments
This article appeared in RBC Daily on 20th August 2009
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Richard Layard - economist and prominent promoter of happiness - is concerned about the psychological impact of the current financial gloom. How much additional mental illness will there be? A lot, he thinks. But one should not exaggerate that, he says, "because there's so much already". There are about a million people on incapacity benefit in the UK due to mental illness, and roughly six million people suffering from depression or anxiety.
This article appeared in the New Statesmen on 20th August 2009
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Linda Yueh interviewed on Chinese graduate unemployment.
This interview was broadcast on 20th August 2009. (No link avaliable).
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The media’s obsession with childhood tragedies, such as that of Brandon Muir, is making social workers more concerned with “covering their backs” than focusing on their jobs, the economist
Lord Layard suggested yesterday.
Lord Layard, Emeritus Professor of Economics at the London School of Economics, was discussing
A Good Childhood: Searching for Values in a Competitive Age , which he co-authored with Judy Dunn.
This article appeared in the Times on 20th August 2009.
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"Unlike the U.S., students here don't have that debt around their necks all their lives," says
Anna Vignoles, an education and skills expert at the London School of Economics.
This article appeared in US News and World Report on 19th August 2009.
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More recently, a group associated with the British Academy wrote a letter to the Queen to answer her question to
Luis Garicano of the LSE as to “if these things are so large, how come everyone missed it?”, while Robert Lucas defended mainstream macroeconomics in the Economist magazine in this article.
This article appeared in the Irish Economy on 18th August 2009.
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As government happiness tsar, economist
Richard Layard wrote in his book Happiness: Lessons From A New Science, "There is a creative spark in each of us, and if it finds no outlet, we feel half dead.
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The comment Must try harder by Tim Leunig, (Inside Housing, 7 August) which referred to the research Growing up in social housing in Britain, is a disingenous assessment of a study which the author had clearly read and spotted that the findings were inconclusive, but then decided that he could draw attention seeking conclusions which are not supported by the research, or the original team who completed it.
This article appeared in Inside Housing on 14th August 2009.
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Youth unemployment is reported to have soared to nearly one million. London School of Economics professor
Lord Layard said it would be four years before the Government brought in a pledge to give 16 to 19-year-olds a guaranteed apprenticeship and urged ministers to fast-track the plan
This article appeared in the Evening Standard on 12th August.
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Richard Layard was interviewed, discussing what can be done to prevent long-term youth unemployment.
This interview was broadcast on Radio 4 on 12th August 2009.
Link to article (scroll down to 07.33 slot).
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Linda Yueh interviewed on RBS and the state of the financial crisis.
This interview was broadcast on ITV on 7th August 2009 (no link avaliable).
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It’s no secret that over the last decade a lot of people have made a very healthy amount of money out of property investment. Average house prices have soared by over 180 per cent in ten years...In fact, property has performed so well that 53 per cent of people now view it as a safer investment than cash, even though cash is incredibly safe. Such a belief, however, may be dealt a cruel blow this year as analysts talk widely about a slowdown, and possibly a crash. Respected economists Julian Le Grand and John Van Reed [sic] both of the London School of Economics have said that prices could fall by 30 per cent and 20 per cent respectively.
This article appeared on In the News on 5th August 2009.
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"British Rail was obsessed with setting out a vision, but never defined what the railways were for or what they were good at," said
Tim Leunig, an economic historian at the LSE, commenting on proposals for a high-speed rail network. "The government threw huge sums at BR, which always promised to break even and never did. It was the most bailed-out organisation in Britain."
This article appeared in the Guardian on 5th August 2009. No online version available.
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Linda Yueh interviewed on losses at Lloyds Banking Group.
This interview was broadcast on ITV News on 4th August 2009.
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Linda Yueh commented on Northern Rock's results and wider economic implications.
This interview was broadcast on ITV News on 4th August 2009 (No link avaliable)
Also interviewed on Voice of America (Mandarin Service) "Business Scene" about the Chinese reining back lending in the banking system.
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Brian Groom notes that
Tim Leunig of the London School of Economics has questioned whether reopening the Todmorden curve and thus creating a fast link to Manchester would do much to revive Burnley's economy.
This article appeared in the Financial Times on 28th July 2009.
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Linda Yueh interviewed about China launching a NASDAQ style exchange.
This article appeared in RBC Daily (Russsia) on 28th July 2009.
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The origins and effects of the crisis were explained to her by
Professor Luis Garicano, director of research at the LSE's management department.
This article appeared in FinFacts Ireland on 28th July 2009.
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“Why did nobody notice?” The Queen asked
Professor Luis Garicano, Director of Research at the Department of Management, at LSE obviously concerned about its effect on her own investments which had fallen sharply.
This article appeared in the Hindu on 27th July 2009.
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Professor Luis Garicano to whom the Queen directed her question when she visited the LSE in November last year, said: "She seemed very interested, and she asked me: 'How come nobody could foresee it?' I think the main answer is that people were doing what they were paid to do, and behaved according to their incentives, but in many cases they were being paid to do the wrong things from society's perspective."
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Following the recent government report, David Goodhart writes that ‘…the work (the Sutton Trust Report) of three economists –
Jo Blanden, Stephen Machin and
Paul Gregg … has arguably, had more influence on public debate than any academic paper of the past 20 years.’
This article appeared in the Sunday Times on July 26, 2009
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Social Mobility in Britain: Low and Falling by Jo Blanden, Paul Gregg and Stephen Machin. Article appeared in
CentrePiece, Vol.10, Issue 1 Spring 2005
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Article for
Economix - Explaining the Science of Everyday Life, written by
Peter Boone and Simon Johnson
Peter Boone is chairman of Effective Intervention, a charity based in Britain, and a research associate of the Centre for Economic Performance, London School of Economics.
Another day, another potential bailout decison for the government - yesterday it was the CIT Group.
This article appeared in the New York Times - Economix on July 16, 2009
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The winner of the Professor Ian Beardwell Prize for best research paper, presented during this year’s conference, was won by
David Marsden and
Simone Moriconi of the
Centre for Economic Performance at the London School of Economics. Their paper looked at the contribution of employee well-being and sickness absence policies to improved business performance, a theme high on the agenda for people management and development professionals and their organisations.
This article appeared in People Management on 16 July 2009.
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Discussion Paper No. 919 April 2009
"Royal Mail Report, ‘The Value of Rude Health’ by David Marsden and Simone Moriconi, May 2008
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The Apprenticeship Pathfinder Project has just been launched – and Hertfordshire is one of three local authorities pioneering it. Part of a wider 'Local Wellbeing Project', the pathfinder is the result of a partnership between the Young Foundation,
Lord Richard Layard of the London School of Economics and the Improvement and Development Agency.
This article appeared on hertfordshire.com on July 14 2009.
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Linda Yueh was interviewed on the Treasury White Paper on financial regulation reform.
This interview was broadcast on BBC News on July 8, 2009
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Linda Yueh was interviewed on the prospects for the Japanese economy.
This interview was broadcast on CNBC - "Worldwide Exchange" on July 8, 2009
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In addition, former Bank of England policy maker,
Stephen Nickell, said that the property market may be slow to recover.
This article appeared in the International Business Times on July 8 2009
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U.K. gilts rose and the pound dropped below $1.60 for the first time since June after house prices unexpectedly fell and former Bank of England policy maker
Stephen Nickell said the property market may be slow to recover.
This article appeared on Bloomberg on 8 June 2009.
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U.K. gilts rose and the pound dropped below $1.60 for the first time since June after house prices unexpectedly fell and former Bank of England policy maker
Stephen Nickell said the property market may be slow to recover.
This article appeared on Bloomberg USA on 8th July 2009.
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Linda Yueh gave an interview on the recent upgrades to China's growth.
This interview was broadcast on the Voice of America (Mandarin Service) - "Business Scene" on July 7, 2009
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Residents generally regard a local racecourse as an asset, says
David Metcalf, an economics professor at the LSE and a Jockey Club steward who has visited most of the UK's courses.
This article appeared in the Financial Times on July 4, 2009
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Linda Yueh interviewed, on the decline in foreign direct investment to China in the past year.
This article appeared in RBC Daily - Russia on July 3, 2009
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The Baseline Scenario authored by
Peter Boone, Simon Johnson and James Kwak, is dedicated to explaining some of the key issues in the global economy and developing concrete policy proposals. Since it was launched in September 2008, this blog has been cited by The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal (Real Time Economics), The Economist (Free Exchange), The Financial Times, Time Magazine, NPR (Planet Money), and many other sites around the Internet.
Peter Boone is chair of Effective Intervention, a UK-based charity, and an Associate at the
Centre for Economic Performance, London School of Economics.
This article appeared on iStockAnalyst.com on 3rd July 2009.
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"The recent (London School of Economics)
Centre for Economic Performance report suggested that academies were only doing as well as their neighbouring schools, and this US report further undermines the basic tenet of academies, which is that they are better than normal schools. It's simply not true."
This article appeared in the Times Educational Supplement on July 3, 2009
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Linda Yueh was interviewed on the state of the Euro Zone economy.
This interview was broadcast on BBC Worldnews on 2nd July 2009. (No link avaliable)
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Jonathan Guthrie writes that
Tim Leunig of the London School of Economics was criticised last year for claiming northerners should consider coming to the SE to find work. Guthrie notes that many residents of declining areas would be better off moving. But it is well-nigh impossible to discuss this maturely.
This article appeared in the Financial Times on 2nd July 2009.
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I've been reading a truly excellent book by Joshua Angrist and
Jörn-Steffen Pischke called
Mostly Harmless Econometrics: An Empiricist's Companion.
This article appeared in the New York Times Blogs on 1st July 2009.
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Brearley also questions theories of happiness from the likes of
Richard Layard (a prominent advocate of CBT), saying: “There's nothing wrong with happiness, but what constitutes happiness?”
This article appeared in the July issue of Prospect Magazine.
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Linda Yueh interviewed to comment on the latest Bank of England Financial Stability Report.
This interview was broadcast on 30th June 2009 (no link avaliable).
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BBC Radio 4 "Today"
BBC Radio 5 "Wake Up to Money"
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The reason more people are trying to find meaning in social contribution can be explained by the work of economist
Richard Layard. Despite 50 years of GDP growth, he notes, surveys in Britain and American consistently report back that we haven’t got any happier.
This article appeared in the Independent on 25th June 2009.
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Linda Yueh interviewed, to comment on growing bad debts and financial irregularities in China's state owned banks.
This interview was broadcast on Voice of America on 24 June 2009 (no link avalialbe).
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Linda Yueh commenting on the potential EU/US WTO action against China's export tax on raw materials.
This interview was broadcast on Bloomberg TV on 24 June 2009 (no link avaliable).
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Aditya Chakrabortty writes on the growing interest in public lectures, with reference to Nobel-winning economist
Paul Krugman "packing out the London School of Economics for three nights running"
This article appeared in The Guardian, G2 on 23 June 2009.
Link to article
Paul Krugman: The Return of Depression Economics.
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Linda Yueh interviewed for the jointly run TV channel in India by Reuters TV and Economic Times of India, to comment on the potential re-appointment of Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke.
This interview was broadcast on ET now on 23 June 2009. (no link avaliable)
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The first view, expressed most forcefully by
Paul Krugman in his recent Lionel Robbins lectures at the
London School of Economics, calls for additional fiscal stimulus.
This article appeared in Business Standard, India on 23 June 2009.
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Paul Krugman: The Return of Depression Economics.
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Who wouldn’t like a pay rise? Just about everyone would, according to convenetional political, economic and business theories. Economist
Richard Layard begs to differ. The founder of the
Centre for Economic Performance at the London School of Economic, Layard examines the big conundrum of the past 50 years. Average incomes have more than doubled in that period…but people are no happier.
This article appeared in The Age, Melborne, Australia on 23 June 2009.
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CNBC Europe "Squawk Box"
Linda Yueh was a guest host, commenting on global economic developments.
This interview was broadcast on 22 June 2009. (No link avaliable)
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Linda Yueh was interviewed on China resuming its IPOs.
This article appeared on RBC Daily on 22 June 2009.
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Anthony Giudice, Stellar Concepts and Design president and founder credits this surge in their business to the recovery phase of recession.
he US recession ends up being, in retrospect, dated sometime this summer,” said New York Times columnist and Nobel Prize-winning economist
Paul Krugman in a lecture at the
London School of Economics
This article appeared on PR.com on 21 June 2009.
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The Lionel Robbins lectures held on Monday 8th June, Tuesday 9th June and Wednesday 10th June covered the causes of the global economic crisis; the deeply vexed question of how and when the world economy can recover; and the implications of the whole mess for economics and economists.
For details of the lectures and access to the podcasts go to
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Being open to innovation means we learn from best practice and have brought leading national and international experts to South Tyneside. From Ben Page of Ipsos MORI to Professor Martin Seligman of Penn State University; and from
Lord Professor Richard Layard of the LSE to Geoff Mulgan of the Young Foundation.
This article appeared on Public Net on 19 June 2009.
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According to a study by the University of Kent and LSE, students who go to independent schools go on to earn an average of 30% more than state school students. "This difference in earnings was especially pronounced when we looked at the top end of the salary scale," said co-author
Richard Murphy, from the
London School of Economics.
This article appeared in Independent Schools Magazine on 19 June 2009.
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Linda Yueh was interviewed on China's overseas investments.
This article appeared on RBC Daily on 18th June 2009
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Economists are actively engaged in seeking remedies to the current world economic crisis, writes
Francesco Caselli, professor of economics at the LSE and director of the macro programme at the
Centre for Economic Performance.
This article was published in the Guardian on 17 June 2009.
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Linda Yueh interviewed on the agenda of the first BRIC summit.
This interview was broadcast on 16 June on BBC Worldservice (no link avaliable).
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A study by the
centre for economic performance at the London School of Economics found no evidence that a school that is turned into an academy improves its exam results more than any other in its neighbourhood.
This article appeared on U.TV on 16th June 2009.
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Ball’s warning to schools: two years to improve. Comprehensives with worst exam results must turn themselves around by 2011 or be forced to close, merge with other schools or become academies.
Opinion is divided over whether turning under-performing schools into academies improves results. A study by the
centre for economic performance at the London School of Economics found no evidence that a school that is turned into an academy improves its exam results more than any other in its neighbourhood.
This article appeared in the Guardian on 16 June 2009.
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The research by the University of Kent and the London School of Economics found that the higher grades achieved at independent schools were a crucial factor on high earnings.
This article appeared in Your Dover on June 15, 2009
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Krugman himself sparked a rally in the stock market — according to Bloomberg, anyway — when he told an audience at the London School of Economics that that "I would not be surprised if the official end of the U.S. recession ends up being, in retrospect, dated sometime this summer."
This article appeared in New York Magazine on 15 June 2009.
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Lionel Robbins Lectures.
The research by the University of Kent and the London School of Economics found that the higher grades achieved at independent schools were a crucial factor on high earnings.
This article appeared on YourDover.co.uk
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Linda Yueh was interviewed on the prospects of economic recovery in Britain.
This interview was broadcast on BBC One Breakfast on 15 June 2009. (No link avaliable)
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The research by the University of Kent and the London School of Economics found that the higher grades achieved at independent schools were a crucial factor ...
This article appeared on Yourthanet.co.uk on 15th June 2009.
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“Words from the Wise” this week comes to you in a shortened format as “day-job” responsibilities precludes me from doing a comprehensive commentary. However, a full dose of excerpts from interesting news items and quotes from market commentators is provided.”
Nobel Prize-winning economist
Paul Krugman commented that the US economy would probably emerge from the recession by September. “I would not be surprised if the official end of the US recession ends up being, in retrospect, dated sometime this summer. Things seem to be getting worse more slowly. There’s some reason to think that we’re stabilizing,” Krugman said at the London School of Economics (via Bloomberg).
This article appeared on Market Oracle on 14th June 2009.
Link to article
Paul Krugman: The Return of Depression Economics.
For details of the lectures and access to the podcasts go to
Lionel Robbins Lectures 2009
The panic appears to be over. Now is the time to get worried. The good news last week was that, after a long decline (by some 12% in the previous 12 months), industrial output in the UK rose by 0.3% between March and April.
It was refreshing last week to hear the wonderful
Professor Paul Krugman deliver this year's
Lionel Robbins Memorial Lectures at the London School of Economics. I wish some of the more Neanderthal businessmen and City figures could have been there. You know the ones I mean: they complain about recession, yet also complain about the fiscal expansion needed to help us out of recession.
This article appeared in the Guardian on 14th June 2009.
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Paul Krugman: The Return of Depression Economics.
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Lionel Robbins Lectures 2009
It is too optimistic to say the United States is headed for a Japan-style recession, according to Nobel laureate
Paul Krugman.
Delivering a series of lectures at the London School of Economics Tuesday through Thursday, Krugman tried to explain the myopia of economists in predicting the crisis, the inability of knowing when it will end, and why conventional economics will need to change drastically as a field in order to remain relevant.
This article appeared on IPSNnews.net.
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Paul Krugman: The Return of Depression Economics.
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Lionel Robbins Lectures 2009
European stocks advanced for a fourth straight week as reports on Chinese investment and U.S. retail sales added to evidence the worst of the first global recession since World War II may be over.
Nobel Prize-winning economist
Paul Krugman in a speech to the London School of Economics predicted the American recession will end by September.
This article appeared on Bloomberg on 12 June 2009.
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Paul Krugman: The Return of Depression Economics
The Lionel Robbins lectures held on Monday 8th June, Tuesday 9th June and Wednesday 10th June covered the causes of the global economic crisis; the deeply vexed question of how and when the world economy can recover; and the implications of the whole mess for economics and economists.
For details of the lectures and access to the podcasts go to
Lionel Robbins Lectures 2009.
Linda Yueh interviewed to discuss the effect of negative equity on the current economic state.
This interview was broadcast on 12 June 2009. (No link avaliable).
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Research by Kent University and the London School of Economics, published in the journal Significance, suggests that the gap between earnings of state and private pupils has widened in the past 50 years.
This article appeared on BBC News on 11 June 2009.
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Richard Murphy interviewed on research into earnings of privately-educated pupils.
This interview was broadcast on BBC Radio Kent on 11th June 2009. (No link avaliable).
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Richard Freeman interviewed.
This article appeared on manager-magazine.de on 11th June 2009.
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A new study suggests that pupils who attend private schools earn an average of 30 per cent more than those who attend state schools in later life.
Co-author
Richard Murphy , from the London School of Economics, said: "This difference in earnings was especially pronounced when we looked at the top end of the salary scale. Even after adjustments for qualifications gained and family background, those in the top 10 per cent of earners who had attended independent schools earned on average 20 per cent more than state school pupils in the same salary band. Whether these benefits come through 'old boy networks', or through unmeasured broad competences that are obtained through private schooling, we cannot say."
This article appeared on AndhraNews.net on 11th June 2009.
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People who have been to private school earn 30% more than those who went to state schools, research suggests. Research by Kent University and the London School of Economics confirms this but says higher grades achieved at private schools are the crucial factor. Researcher
Richard Murphy, from the London School of Economics.
This article appeared on BBC Online on 11th June 2009.
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"This difference in earnings was especially pronounced when we looked at the top end of the salary scale," said co-author
Richard Murphy, from the London School of Economics. "Even after adjustments for qualifications gained and family background, those in the top 10% of earners who had attended independent schools earned on average 20% more than state school pupils in the same salary band.
This article appeared on Red Orbit on 11th June 2009.
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Paul Krugman returned to the LSE on June 8th to give the annual Lionel Robbins memorial lectures. Mr Krugman tried to answer two big questions. Why did economists not foresee calamity? And how will the world economy climb out of recession?
This article appeared in the Economist on 11th June 2009.
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Paul Krugman: The Return of Depression Economics.
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Lionel Robbins Lectures 2009
The U.S. economy probably will emerge from the recession by September, Nobel Prize-winning economist
Paul Krugman said.
“I would not be surprised if the official end of the U.S. recession ends up being, in retrospect, dated sometime this summer,” he said in a lecture today at the
London School of Economics.
This artticle appareared on Bloomberg on 8th June 2009.
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Paul Krugman: The Return of Depression Economics.
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Lionel Robbins Lectures 2009
U.S. stocks rose, erasing the Dow Jones Industrial Average’s decline for 2009, after Nobel Prize- winning economist
Paul Krugman said the economy will probably emerge from recession...
The S&P 500 rose 0.1 percent to 941.44 at 3:52 p.m. in New York, reversing an earlier slump of as much as 1.4 percent earlier following Krugman’s lecture at the
London School of Economics
This article appeared on Bloomberg on 8 June 2009.
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The Lionel Robbins lectures held on Monday 8th June, Tuesday 9th June and Wednesday 10th June covered the causes of the global economic crisis; the deeply vexed question of how and when the world economy can recover; and the implications of the whole mess for economics and economists.
For details of the lectures and access to the podcasts go to
Lionel Robbins Lectures .
Stocks in New York closed near the flat line on Monday after an up-and-down session as the Supreme Court put the brakes on the sale of Chrysler to Fiat and Nobel-prize winning economist Paul Krugman predicted the recession’s end is near.
"I would not be surprised if the official end of the U.S. recession ends up being, in retrospect, dated sometime this summer," Krugman said in a lecture at the London School of Economics.
This article appeared on the Street.com on 8th June 2009.
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Paul Krugman: The Return of Depression Economics.
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Lionel Robbins Lectures 2009
Today's late-day rally was triggered in part by a comment from Nobel Prize-winning economist
Paul Krugman that the U.S. economy may start to emerge from the recession in September, Bloomberg News reported. Krugman made the comment at a lecture at the London School of Economics.
This article appeared on MSN Money on 8th June 2009
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Paul Krugman: The Return of Depression Economics.
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Lionel Robbins Lectures 2009 .
Paul Krugman may not have blogged anything today, but he was quite prolific over the weekend. Krugman's been sightseeing in London and making grand predictions suggesting an economic recovery by summer's end at a London School of Economics lecture.
This article appeared on Reuters on 8th June 2009.
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Paul Krugman: The Return of Depression Economics.
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Lionel Robbins Lectures 2009
City academies are failing to outdo poorly performing schools in their areas, according to academics at the London School of Economics (LSE). The study, undertaken by
Professor Stephen Machin and
Joan Wilson of the LSE's
Centre for Economic Performance, shows that while academies have boosted GCSE performance compared with the schools they replaced, other poorly performing schools in the same areas had recorded similar increases.
This article appeared in Children & Young People Now on June 6, 2009
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Improvements in GCSE results at the Government's controversial academy schools are no more impressive than those at similar schools nearby that have not become academies, a study says. The report, published by the
Centre for Economic Performance at the London School of Economics, says that GCSE results at poorly performing schools did improve after they changed their status.
This article appeared in Regen.net on June 5, 2009
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Education is always a big issue in public debate. It becomes even more important at a time of crisis, when the economy is in recession, unemployment is rising rapidly and disadvantaged members of society are in danger of becoming even worse off and perhaps permanently 'scarred' by job loss or inability to join the labour market at all.
So how is the UK's education system doing? Over a number of years, researchers at the Centre for Economic Performance (CEP) have been assessing the effectiveness of the nation's educational policies in raising standards. A series of studies has evaluated efforts both to improve the quality of education overall and to tackle the 'long tail' of people without basic skills by giving better opportunities to low-achieving, 'hard-to-reach' children from poorer families.
This CentrePiece provides an overview of the most significant findings across a wide range of policies, including increased resources, the 'choice and competition' agenda and new structures such as academy schools. We also make comparisons with education systems in other countries, and take a look at teachers - both their career decisions and the impact of their expectations on pupil performance.
Key articles include:
Big ideas: education by Sandra McNally; Academy schools and pupil performance by Stephen Machin and Joan Wilson; Assessing pupils' abilities
by Stephen Gibbons and Arnaud Chevalier; What works in primary schools? by Olmo Silva; and Going private by Richard Murphy.
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All research, such as that conducted by
Richard Layard in his wonderful book
Happiness, shows that provided you have somewhere to live, enough food and enough money to enable you to enjoy the simpler things of life, then you are no less happy than the person who owns yachts and fast cars and villas in Mus-tique, because money really does not buy you happiness.
This article appeared in the Times on May 31, 2009
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DÜSSELDORF. Wenn
Nick Bloom, Ökonomie-Professor im kalifornischen Stanford, über Klimawandel und Weltwirtschaftskrise redet, dann kann das schnell ein bisschen zynisch klingen. Oder ironisch. Dabei meint der Brite das gar nicht so.
“Einen großen Vorteil hat die Wirtschaftskrise”, sagt Bloom, die Rezession habe den Ausstoß von Treibhausgasen rapide gesenkt. “Da arbeiten Heerscharen von Forschern und Aktivisten jahrelang vergeblich daran, dass weniger Treibhausgas in die Atmosphäre geblasen wird”, wundert er sich. “Aber die Einzigen, denen das tatsächlich gelingt, sind die gierigen Wall-Street-Banker.”
This article appeared in Handelsblatt (Germany) on May 29, 2009
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An interim report by the
Centre for Economic Performance (London School of Economics) on the US-pioneered scheme called 'Resilience', has found a significant positive impact on pupils' wellbeing as measured by depression and anxiety symptom scores.
This article appeared in The Times on May 29, 2009
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The UK Resiliency Programme is one of seven strands of work under the Local Well-being Project, an initiative launched in 2006 to test practical ways of improving both individual and community well-being and resilience in three very different areas of the UK – Hertfordshire, Manchester and South Tyneside. The project brings together the three local authorities with the Young Foundation, (www.youngfoundation.org); Professor Lord Richard Layard from the LSE’s Centre for Economic Performance (www.cep.lse.ac.uk), and the Improvement and Development Agency (www.idea.gov.uk).
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Labour is considering putting a "job guarantee" for anyone unemployed for 18 months at the heart of its election manifesto, as ministers seek ways to offer hope to victims of the recession. The idea for the policy came in a Budget submission to ministers by
Paul Gregg, of the
Centre for Economic Performance and Bristol University, and
Lord Layard, of the
Centre for Economic Performance at the London School of Economics.
This article appeared in the Financial Times on May 28, 2009
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Pravin Gordhan (Minister of Finance, South Africa) has set himself a more modest, but critical goal. He quotes the British economist,
Richard Layard, who has tried to measure the "happiness" and "misery" quotient in economic policy. "The least you can do," says Gordhan, "is to make sure that the world is less miserable when you leave it."
This article appeared in the Mail & Guardian (South Africa) on May 27, 2009
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It was back to caring first thing Sunday with
Richard Layard, the 'happiness tsar'.
This article appeared in the Guardian on May 26, 2009
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Linda Yueh was interviewed on UK's rating in the international arena in the aftermath of possible downgrade of its sovereign debt due to high deficits.
This interview was broadcast on BBC Radio 4 - 'Broadcasting House' on May 24, 2009
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Jenni Russell Column:
Losing your job is bad enough. But in the British system people with long work records are in for a particularly nasty shock.
Dave had never been unemployed. When made redundant, with just three weeks' redundancy pay, he assumed that the national insurance he had been paying all his life would provide a financial cushion until he could find work. Instead he's been staggered to find that, because his wife is earning at a low level, all he's entitled to is £64.30 a week.
The British welfare state will wrap you fully in its embrace if you have savings of less than 6,000 pounds, and neither partner is in work
That ruthlessness looks unacceptable when jobs are plentiful. It looks much worse when people are desperate to work. There's no point in being hit with a stick when there are no carrots to eat. The economist
Jonathan Wadsworth points out that our harsh approach isn't much of an advantage now. Britain's unemployment is now over 7%, while Germany's is still at 8 per cent.
This article was published in The Guardian on May 20, 2009
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Linda Yueh was interviewed on the EU-China summit.
This interview was broadcast on the BBC World News - Asia Today on May 20, 2009
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Linda Yueh was interviewed for an article on China diversifying its reserves.
This article appeared in the RBC Daily (Russia) on May 19,2009
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Linda Yueh contributed an article on China's "going global" policy as part of the Guardian newspaper's 'China at the crossroads' series.
Her article appeared in the Guardian on May 18, 2009
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A ground breaking programme aimed at helping children in South Tyneside to cope with whatever life throws at them is reaping encouraging results, according to a new survey.
Now, a report commissioned by the national Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF) has revealed that depression and anxiety levels went down in pupils taking part in the programme.
The DCSF report was drawn up after a comprehensive survey carried out by the London School of Economics, which collected information on pupils' emotional wellbeing through questionnaires they completed before and after the programme. The results were compared with those of control groups.
This article appeared online on southtyneside.info on May 18, 2009
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The research brief is available to
Download
And more details are also available for
Download
The UK Resiliency Programme is one of seven strands of work under the Local Well-being Project, an initiative launched in 2006 to test practical ways of improving both individual and community well-being and resilience in three very different areas of the UK – Hertfordshire, Manchester and South Tyneside. The project brings together the three local authorities with the Young Foundation, (www.youngfoundation.org); Professor Lord Richard Layard from the LSE’s Centre for Economic Performance (www.cep.lse.ac.uk), and the Improvement and Development Agency (www.idea.gov.uk).
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In a new report,
Risk and regulation: A new era for capitalism, sponsored by Dubai Holding, the Economist Intelligence Unit finds that almost 60% of 418 global senior executives surveyed agree that the current crisis has “fundamentally changed” capitalism.
Richard Layard (Wellbeing Programme, Centre for Economic Performance) quoted:
“We do not want communism… the communist countries were the least happy in the world and also inefficient. But we do need a more humane brand of capitalism, based not only on better regulation but better values.”-
Richard Layard, founder, London School of Economics,
The Centre for Economic Performance
This article appeared in FinFacts - Ireland on May 18, 2009
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Investment Prospects In Russia by Richard Layard and George Lucas, February 1997
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Linda Yueh gave an interview on China's falling foreign direct investment.
This interview was broadcast on Voice of America (Mandarin Service) - Business Scene on May 15, 2009
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Despite some optimistic talk of signs of economic recovery - optimism not shared by the Bank of England in its latest assessment of things - unemployment is continuing to rise.
Lord Richard Layard, director of the Wellbeing programme at the Centre for Economic Performance, discusses if there is a dramatic deterioration in job prospects for young people.
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A Good Childhood by London School of Economics professor
Lord Richard Layard, the British government's "happiness tsar", and co-authored by King's College psychiatry professor Judy Dunn is based on a 2009 report commissioned by The Children's Society charity; its subtitle frames the book's agenda: "searching for values in a competitive age".
This article appeared in the Financial Times on May 9, 2009
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Simon Johnson, is a professor at MIT Sloan School of Management and former International Monetary Fund chief economist. Peter Boone is a research associate of the Centre for Economic Performance and chairman of Effective Intervention, a UK-based charity.
In their commentary they say we have zombie banks and zombie companies.
Stocks are rallying as if the economy is out of the woods. However, that is premature, and we could be in for a long period of stagnation.
This article appeared in CNN.com (USA) on May 8, 2009
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De Britse econoom
Richard Layard is de belangrijkste denker op dit gebied. Hij vindt dat geluk een beleidsdoel zou moeten worden, en dat de vergroting van het landelijke geluk net zo grondig zou moeten worden gemeten als de groei van het bnp.
This article appeared in de Volkskrant (Amsterdam) on May 8, 2009
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Hellevik referer i denne sammenheng til briten
Richard Layard. Han tilhører det som er blitt kjent som lykkeøkonomer.
This article appeared in Klikk.no (Norway) on May 7, 2009
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Un catedrático inglés, Sir Richard Layard, publicó recientemente en el Financial Times una columna que no pasó desapercibida. En ella pidió abandonar la adoración del dinero y crear una sociedad más humana.
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Children's mental health services need an extra 1,000 therapists to help them cope with demand, an influential government adviser has warned.
Lord Layard, whose advice prompted a recent £173m investment in adult therapists, said training of child specialists should start in 2010.
This article appeared in the BBC News Online on May 4, 2009
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The number of skilled jobs open to immigrants from outside the EU should be cut by 270,000 because of the recession and rising unemployment, the Government's official advisers recommended yesterday. David Metcalf, Professor of Industrial Relations at the London School of Economics and chairman of the Migration Advisory Committee, said that a planned partial review of the shortage list had been more extensive "because we had to respond to the troubled times and economic turmoil in the labour market".
This article was published in The Times on 30 April 2009.
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Nine out 10 motorists are frustrated by the condition of their local roads, and only 5 per cent believe their taxes are being used appropriately, reveals a new RAC poll.
Dr Tim Leunig from the London School of Economics said: "When motorists are paying more than £1,000 a year in specific motoring taxes, they have the right to expect roads to be properly maintained. RAC members are in line with expert opinion in preferring that motoring taxes are spent on small local schemes rather than grandiose visions that all too often fail to deliver the promised benefits."
This article appeared in the Daily Mail on the 30th April 2009.
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90 Per Cent Of Drivers Hate Britain's Roads
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In last night’s match between Arsenal and Liverpool, ultimately its defining characteristic was rubbish defending. Manchester United are going to win the league not because they are the best attackers -they palpably are not - but because they make fewer mistakes at the back.
Why so many mistakes? The result reminded me of a fascinating recent paper from the LSE’s
Centre for Economic Performance, concerning the economics of tournament theory - and Olympic wrestlers.
Economists
Christos Genakos and Mario Pagliero, in their paper “Risk Taking and Performance in Tournaments: Evidence from Weightlifting Competitions”, looked at the performance of professional weightlifters in competitions, including the Olympics, for the last twenty years, to see if they took more risks if they thought they’d win, and in turn choked under pressure.
This article appeared in Prospect Magazine blog on April 22, 2009
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Centre for Economic Performance Discussion Paper No.928, May 2009
Weightlifting competitions: lessons for performance management, Christos Genakos and Mario Pagliero, in
CentrePiece 13_3, Winter/Spring 2009
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Professor Paul Gregg from the Bristol University's Centre for Market and Public Organisation was interviewed on BBC Radio Bristol's Breakfast Show 22 April about his predictions for the Budget. He will also provide analysis on the show tomorrow shortly before 7am.
Paul Gregg's interviews tool place on BBC Radio Bristol's Breakfast Show on 22 and 23 April 2009.
Britain will unveil a recession-fighting budget this week, seen as vital for Prime Minister Gordon Brown as he struggles to boost his flagging fortunes ahead of a likely election next year.
"It's an important budget, and the one by which the government will be judged by in the next general election -- including how it manages this recession," said Oxford University economics professor
Linda Yueh.
This article appeared in the Daily Star (Bangladesh) on April 19, 2009
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Report on how the NHS is failing patients suffering from depression notes that "Fourteen per cent of adults in the UK suffer from depression and/or anxiety at any one time, costing the economy an estimated £12bn every year, according to the LSE."
This article appeared in the Independent on Sunday on April 19, 2009
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Research by the LSE and the Institute of Education has found that faith schools fail to improve standards and create "social sorting" of children along lines of class, ability and religion, researchers. The research suggests that government policies to promote a market in education - by promising parents a choice of school in the belief that the competition for children will improve standards - only create a more socially fragmented system.
This article appeared in the Guardian on April 18, 2009
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Centre for the Economics of Education (CEE) Discussion Paper No.72, November 2006.
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CentrePiece Volume 12 Issue 1 Summer 2007
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Alan Manning and
Andreas Georgiadis of the London School of Economics crunched data to show that British-born Pakistanis, or those who immigrated as children, are more likely to have foreign spouses than those who came to Britain as adults.
This article appeared in the Economist on April 16, 2009
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A clue to how economists might change comes from
Richard Layard, who has tried to reconfigure economics by marrying statistics to the utilitarian, pleasure-based philosophy of Jeremy Bentham. Layard thinks that social sciences can be made to deliver happiness. Criticising the number of economists who "don't do useful things," he tells me that each one should also be "a bit of something else."
This article was published in The Independent on 11 April 2009
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That most Britons believe the economy will get worse suggests they misguidedly think things aren't so bad right now, writes
Tom Cunningham from the
Centre for Economic Performance.
This article appeared in the Guardian on April 8, 2009
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A strong commitment to working together will be crucial, says economist
Gianluca Benigno of the London School of Economics - crucial for public perception and for jittery markets.
This article appeared in the Voice of America on April 2, 2009
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Yet the opposite is true, according to a report from the
Centre for Economic Performance at the London School of Economics (LSE) that finds "that the presence of investors boosts innovation by decreasing the risks faced by chief executives who promote new ideas. Often if things go wrong for reasons beyond their control, the board think that they are bad managers and may fire them, the authors write."
This article appeared in the Times on the 31st March 2009.
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As the economist Richard Layard has written, for example, "in a poor society a man proves to his wife that he loves her by giving her a rose, but in a rich society he must give a dozen roses."
This article appeared in The Huffington Post on the 30th March 2009.
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Press coverage of the management survey in an Italian newspaper.
This article appeared in Republica on the 27th March 2009.
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"As Tim Leunig of the London School of Economics points out, in [Matthew] Boulton's wake nostalgic conservatives railed against the switch from agriculture into manufacturing."
This article appeared in the Financial Times on the 26th March 2009.
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Linda Yueh interviewed on March 25th to discuss the state of the Japanese and global economy.
This interview was broadcast on the 25th March
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Linda Yueh interviewed, speaking on China’s proposal for the IMF’s SDRs to become the global reserve currency in lieu of the US dollar.
ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) – ‘NewsHour’
Linda Yueh interviewed for programme to comment on the ongoing financial crisis.
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Linda Yueh interviewed, speaking on UK inflation
This interview appeared on BBC News on the 24th March 2009.
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"This focus on growth fails to take account of what the social and psychological evidence tells us," says the economist Richard Layard.
This article appeared in the Guardian on the 22nd March.
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Professor Francis Green, of the University of Kent, in collaboration with colleagues at the London School of Economics, where he is a visiting professor, sought to discover whether independent schools really conferred lifelong economic benefits to more than a select group of pupils. Their conclusion was unequivocal.
This article appeared in the Financial Times on the 21st March 2009.
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Linda Yueh interviewed, to discuss the NAO report on the government's handling of Northern Rock and lessons from the management of the financial crisis.
This interview was broadcast on BBC news channel the 20th March 2009.
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Article written by
Richard Layard asking What is progress? The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development has been asking this question for some time and the current crisis makes it imperative to find an answer.
Lord Layard is at the London School of Economics Centre for Economic Performance. He has written
Happiness (2005) and co-authored
A Good Childhood (2009)
This article appeared in the Gulf News on March 19, 2009
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Prescriptions Include New, European-Wide Banking Regulator
Michael McMahon, said the report [Financial Services Authority Report by Adair Turner] was "not as reactionary as some people in the market feared. . . . It doesn't take the view that we can control bankers with an iron fist, and that's a positive move."
This article appeared in The Washington Post on the 19th March 2009.
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Linda Yueh quoted in bulletin, broadcast on BBC News on the 18th March 2009
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"How will the global financial crisis impact the extremely poor and extreme poverty?" asks
Dr Peter Boone, of the
ESRC's Centre for Economic Performance. "Subsistence living and lack of accumulated wealth mean many of the extremely poor are well-insulated from the current crisis. However, the problems are in the future: reduced public finances, less global growth, less foreign aid, and possibly more civil wars, will mean the extremely poor do not get the health services, education and opportunities needed to pull themselves and their children out of poverty.
This article appeared EurekAlert on the 18th March 2009.
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Brian Groom writes that with the sins of the financial sector visited on the services-dominated economy of south-east England, a national "rebalancing" in favour of manufacturing that would narrow the north-south divide seemed a realistic prospect. However, things are not - yet - working out that way. Manufacturing is taking a beating.
Tim Leunig, reader in economic history at London School of Economics, says: "The idea that we are going to rebalance towards manufacturing is simply wrong and I don't think it would be desirable. Germany has more manufacturing and it is doing worse than us." He believes London will soon resume its role as a magnet for talented people in finance and creative industries.
This article appeared in the Financial Times on the 17th March 2009.
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Professor Sir Richard Layard spoke at a seminar held on 26th February 2009, and chaired by economist and journalist, Evan Davies, of BBC Radio Four's Today programme and Dragons Den, on the subject of how mental health and happiness are affected by an economic downturn.
This speech can be downloaded from the ESRC website.
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In A Good Childhood (Penguin, 2009), a flawed yet vital study commissioned by the Children's Society, Economics professor
Richard Layard and Judy Dunn, Professor of developmental psychology,conclude: "Parental conflict and separation can have a disastrous effect on children, even though some children survive unscathed."
This article appeared in the Independent on 16th March 2009.
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As for the advocates of 'social' banking,
Professor Richard Layard – he of 'happiness economics' – has weighed into the 'whither capitalism' debate with a call to "stop the worship of money and create a more humane society where the quality of human experience is the criterion". However, even this virtuous paradise will need a banking system we can trust to take deposits and lend money.
This article appeared in Scotland on Sunday on the 16th March 2009.
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Richard Layard, government adviser on happiness and work, and director of the LSE Centre for Economic Performance, comments on giving people access to therapy.
This article appeared in the Sunday Times on 15th March 2009.
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Richard Layard, government adviser on happiness and work, and director of the LSE Centre for Economic Performance writes.....
work gives us meaning and identity, and employment is important in recovering from depression and anxiety. Redundancy can lead to higher rates of depression and suicide. Hopefully, the difference in this recession is that people will realise that mental illness shouldn’t have a stigma attached to it.
This article appeared in the Times on the 15th March 2009.
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This interview was broadcast on 14th March 2009 on BBC Radio 4.
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Epidemiologists Richard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett’s description of unequal societies as "dysfunctional" suggests implicit criticism of the approach taken by Britain's "happiness tsar"
Richard Layard, who recommended that the poor mental health of many Britons be "fixed" or improved by making cognitive behavioural therapy more easily available.
This article appeared in the Guardian on 14th March 2009.
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A study by the LSE reveals train journeys into London are now slower than before the Second World War.
This article appeared in the Week on 14th March 2009.
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Linda Yueh interviewed about the G20 meeting.
This interview was broadcast on the 13th March 2009.
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Richard Layard of the London School of Economics weighs in with a piece arguing that “we should stop the worship of money and create a more humane society ...
This article appeared in CorpWatch.org on 13th March 2009.
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John Van Reenen interviewed on pension funds – that they have a role to play in demanding better corporate governance.
This interview was broadcast on the 13th March 2009.
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Nick Bloom, an economist at Stanford University, said that a declining, though still high, volatility in stock markets and “reasonably good” federal policies suggested that the economy should be able to avoid the long stagnation of Japan in the 1990s or the Great Depression. Mr. Bloom, who has studied 16 financial crises before the current one, said the recovery, which he expected in late 2009 or early 2010, should be fairly rapid.
This article appeared in the New York Times on the 13th March 2009.
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Discussion Paper No.718 , March 2006
'Will the Credit Crunch Lead to Recession?' by Nick Bloom. Article in
CentrePiece, Volume 13, Issue 1 Spring 2008
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Linda Yueh was interviewed on China as an engine of growth.
This interview was broadcast on BBC World Service on the 12th February 2009.
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CNN “Quest Means Business” interviewed on the Rio Tinto-Chinalco deal.
Linda Yueh appeared on programme to comment on developments in the financial crisis.
This interview was broadcast on Australian Broadcasting on the 12th March 2009.
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Lord Layard asks how we should measure progress and suggests we should stop the worship of money and create a more humane society where the quality of human experience is the criterion.
Lord Layard is at the London School of Economics Centre for Economic Performance.
This article appeared in the Financial Times on the 12th March 2009.
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"The recession will be over sooner than you think", to quote the title of an article in CentrePiece by two US academics, Nick Bloom and Max Floetotto. The bit of history they emphasise is that of uncertainty exhibited in the equity market, measured by the implied volatility of the S&P100, apparently known as the "financial fear factor".
This article appeared in the Financial Times on 12th March 2009.
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Discussion Paper No.718 , March 2006
'Will the Credit Crunch Lead to Recession?' by Nick Bloom. Article in
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For example the Financial Times has a begun series under that title, including a piece today by
Richard Layard of the London School of Economics, ...
This article appeared in the Business Spectator on 12th March 2009.
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Take for instance LSE economics professor
Richard Layard’s platitudinous advice for the brutes among us who find progress in measures of money: What is ...
This article appeared in the Stanford Review on 12th March 2009.
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.. latter are sometimes useful as means to the greater end, said
Richard Layard , of the Centre for Economic Performance at the London School of Economics. ...
This article appeared in Bloomberg USA on 12th March 2009.
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Linda Yueh interviewed to discuss the UK's quantitative easing programme coming into effect on March 11th
This interview was broadcast on the 11th March 2009.
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Linda Yueh was interviewed to discuss Japan's economic outlook.
This interview was broadcast on CNBC on 11th March 2009.
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Some commuter train journeys into London take more time now than they did in 1930, according to new research from the London School of Economics.
This article appeared on UK PR Wire on 11th March 2009.
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CentrePiece Volume 13, Issue 3 Winter 2008/9
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Peter Boone, a Europe expert at the London School of Economics, says the answer is in the different ways the two sides view the Great Depression of the ...
This interview appeared on Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty on the 11th March 2009.
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The WHO [World Health Organisation) study is part of a growing lexicon of work examining the relationship between health, economics and wellbeing which, in addition to Wilkinson's latest book, includes
Lord [Richard] Layard's book, Happiness.
This article appeared in the Guardian on the 11th March 2009.
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Echoing some of the conclusions reached by the academic Richard Wilkinson ... includes
Lord [Richard] Layard's book, Happiness.
Layard examined the costs to the economy of a failure to foster better mental health, and his analysis has directly influenced policy in the UK - most notably in the recruitment of thousands of extra therapists to make "talking therapies" readily available on the tax funded National health Service (NHS).
This article appeared in The Hindu, India 11th March 2009.
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Die Botschaft: Finde dein Glück. Das größte Glück, fand der britische Wirtschaftswissenschaftler
Richard Layard heraus, ist die Arbeit. ...
This article appeared in Nurnberger Nachrichten on the 9th March 2009.
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David Smith comments on a particularly poor edition of Radio 4's The Moral Maze concerning Sir Fred Goodwin, noting that "On the question of inequality, raised by the latest outbreak of fatcattery, things are also not what they seem. Research in the London School of Economics
Centrepiece journal shows that earnings inequality was starting to decline, at least until the recession."
This article appeared in the Sunday Times on 8th march 2009.
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El profesor
Richard Layard, ex asesor del Gobierno y coautor de un informe de la London School of Economics sobre depresión, declaró que el plan del ...
This article appeared in El confidencial on the 8th March 2009.
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Simon Caulkin comments on the relationship between the economic climate and national wellbeing, recalling a recent speech by
Richard (Lord) Layard of the LSE at the "Recession: health and happiness" seminar.
This article appeared in the Observer on 8th March 2009
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The government is announcing new plans to offer psychological help to millions of people facing unemployment, debt and relationship breakdown
Professor Richard Layard, a co-author of the London School of Economics' Depression Report and a former adviser to government, said the moves to expand provision amounted to the "most important development in the treatment of mental health since the war".
This article appeared in the Observer on 8th March 2009.
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Previously a full article published in February 2008 in the Independent.
Why are these opportunities not better known by school leavers? The main reason is that the great majority of schools don't tell their students that they exist. Talking to half a dozen engineering apprentices, we learnt that not one had been told about apprenticeship at school. Most had chanced upon the training through press advertisements or careers guidance.
This article appeared in The Independent – Independent minds blog on the 7th March 2009.
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Linda Yueh commented on the Lloyds rescue.
This interview was broadcast on BBC Radio 5 on 7th March 2009.
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Linda Yueh commented on the Lloyds rescue.
This interview was broadcast on BBC News channel on 7th March 2009.
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Some train trips take longer now than in 1930, a study has found. Researchers said the demise of slam doors was a key factor. Timetables for services before the Second World War were compared with the 20 busiest modern journeys in Britain -all short hops into London. Commuting from Wimbledon takes three minutes longer than in 1930, from Surbiton it is two.
Dr Tim Leunig , of the London School of Economics, said automatic doors had slowed things down, adding: "People now take longer to get on and off." He said faster trips were vital for the economy.
This article appeared in the Daily Telegraph on 7th March 2009.
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Tim Leunig interviewed on trains being slower than in pre-war years.
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Government advisor
Lord Richard Layard is one of the economists calling on the government to take this opportunity to bring in measures guaranteeing a job ...
This article appeared in Citywire.co.uk on 6th March 2009.
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Some train trips take longer now than in 1930, a study ed by
Dr Tim Leunig of the London School of Economics has found.
This article appeared in the Daily Mail on 6th March 2009.
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Richard Layard (zelf een atheïst) presenteert in zijn Lionel Robins Lecture in 2002 een overzichtstabel van de literatuur naar de factoren die menselijk ...
This article appeared in Reformatorisch Dagblad on 6th March 2009.
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According to a study by the LSE's Tim Leunig, London commuters enjoyed faster train journeys before the Second World War than they do today.
Mr Leunig said "It is remarkable that after 70 years of technical progress our trains are slower than they were in 1939."
This article appeared in the Daily Telegraph on 6th March 2009.
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Teletext-train trips 'getting slower'
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Linda Yueh interviewed, spoke on China’s economic stimulus package.
This interview was broadcast on BBC One World Business Report on 5th March 2009.
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Peter Wilby comments on school selection: "As research from the London School of Economics has shown, the differences between intakes even among community comprehensives is enormous
This article appeared in the Guardian on 5th March.
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‘School segregation and its consequences’ by Stephen Gibbons and Shqiponja Telhaj. Article in
CentrePiece, Volume 12, Issue 3, Winter 2007/08.
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Linda Yueh interviewed, spoke on China’s economic stimulus package
This interview was broadcast on BBC World News on 4th March 2009.
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Talking therapies shot up the government's agenda after
Lord Layard, a London School of Economics professor and author of the book Happiness, claimed that mental health was the country's "biggest social problem", and convinced Number 10 that the widespread introduction of psychological therapies would have significant economic as well as health benefits.
This article appeared in the Guardian on 3rd March 2009.
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Recent studies by economists at the London School of Economics and Stanford find a remarkably strong relationship between the standard of management in a country and productivity.
This article appeared in the Irish Times on 2nd March 2009.
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Tom Cunningham (Centre for Economic Performance) says that journalists have misunderstood the Consumer Price Index and that, in fact, prices are falling and not rising as they are reporting.
This article appeared in the Guardian on February 27, 2009
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Economic Research Receives Further Funding Boost
Following the latest call for proposals, the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) is pleased to announce overall funding of £16.5m over 5 years from 2009/10 to 2015/16 for three new Centres focusing on the economic wellbeing of the UK.
Professor John Van Reenen of the Centre for Economic Performance (CEP), at the London School of Economics receives £6.08m. Conducting world class and policy relevant research on economic performance, CEP's globalisation programme will include research on macroeconomic growth. The Centre will also research how our national capabilities change as a result of globalisation, such as how high levels of immigration may foster growth through diversity but may also undermine performance and wellbeing through loosening of community times.
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Money May Not Buy Happiness but Neither Does Poverty
In the past 50 years individual levels of wealth have increased by but so have crime, deprivation, depression and addictions to alcohol and drugs. Most of us believe that more money will make us happier; however, as societies become richer, does that wealth positively impact on our happiness?
The 'Recession: health and happiness' event on Thursday 26th February, may well provide a surprising answer.
Lord Professor Richard Layard who has spent years researching the impact of wealth on wellbeing will argue the answer is 'not necessarily'.
Details of the event can be found within the
News Release.
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INVITATION - Berlin Lunchtime Meeting
on Wednesday, 25 February 2009, 12 to 2pm
DIW Berlin, Mohrenstr. 58, 10117 Berlin
Main Conference Room, Second Floor
Carbon taxes:
Good for the Planet, not bad for Economy
SPEAKER:
Dr. Ralf Martin, London School of Economics
COMMENT: PD Dr. Siegfried Gelbhaar, Universit
ät Trier
CHAIR: Prof. Dr. Claudia Kemfert, DIW Berlin
In a recent study supported by the
Anglo-German Foundation, researchers from the London School of Economics (LSE) show that carbon taxes can reduce pollution without harming the economy.
In 2001 the UK government introduced a tax on various energy fuels for industry - the Climate Change Levy (CCL). A research team from the
Centre for Economic Performance (CEP) at the LSE, led by
Ralf Martin, has conducted an in depth evaluation of the effect of this policy on individual firms using a representative sample of the UK economy which includes detailed data on more than 10.000 enterprises.
They found that the Climate Change Levy - which on average corresponds to a £20 carbon tax per ton - has had a strong impact on power usage by companies and reduced electricity consumption for the average manufacturing firm by 10 to 20 percent. The economists also examined whether the levy had had any adverse impacts on economic performance of companies in areas such as employment or productivity. They did not find any evidence for this.
Ralf Martin summarises the outcome of the research as "good for the planet and not bad for the economy". He goes even further, suggesting that an increase in carbon taxes and a simultaneous reduction of taxes on wages and employment could be the ideal policy measure in the current crisis, as it would secure existing jobs without leading to more government borrowing.
Registration is required. Please send an email to:
events@diw.de. We look forward to your participation.
Venue: Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (DIW)
Main Conference Room, 2nd floor, Mohrenstr. 58, 10117 Berlin
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Ralf Martin is a British Academy Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Centre for Economic Performance and the Grantham Institute for the Study of Climate Change at the London School of Economics. He studies business behaviour and performance. Currently, his main research interest is the determinants of business sector greenhouse gas emissions and the impact and design of climate change policies for business.
Deflation is still a risk – we should press on with quantitative easing even though prices aren’t sliding quite as fast.
Column by
Tom Cunningham of the
Centre for Economic Performance, LSE.
This article appeared in the Guardian on February 18, 2009
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The LSE is holding a number of public lectures with key academics, business leaders and politicians who will examine the issues raised by the ongoing crisis.
On Tuesday 17th February 2009 the first public lecture in the current series, Global Economic Crisis - Meeting the Challenge took place in The Old Theatre.
The speakers were Professor Tim Besley, Professor Francesco Caselli, Professor Chris Pissarides, and Professor Danny Quah
and in the Chair, Professor Lord Richard Layard.
This panel discussion focused on the current global economic crisis: its origins, transmission, and possible impact and resolution.
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Linda Yueh was interviewed for the main news programme to discuss the UK's economic situation.
This interview was broadcast on the Finnish Broadcasting Corporation on the 12th February 2009.
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The two babies in my life were quite poorly the other day. One was too warm with a runny nose, the other was too warm with what I mistook to be a hard-drive failure.
Now, as hectic and chaotic as this all sounds, I am not alone in trying to juggle family life with a home-run business, as a mum (in my case, of three). In a research carried out by
Dr. Tim Leunig of the London School of Economics, mumpreneurs, as we are affectionately known, are making what he called “a tangible impact on the British Economy, with a combined turnover of £4.4bn that exceeds some FTSE 100 companies” and according to Prowess, the UK’s leading Women’s Enterprise Network, their “Inspirational Business Mum” category at the 2008 Prowess Awards was by far the most popular category in the contest, attracting more than 130 entries. Plenty of us jumping on the band wagon then!
This article apperared on Freelance UK on 12th February 2009
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Linda Yueh on China’s trade surplus and growth prospects.
This article appeared on RBC Daily on 12th February 2009.
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Carried out by the
Centre for Economic Performance (CEP), the research suggests publicly traded companies where institutional investors have increased their ...
This article appeared in DST International on 12th February 2009.
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''The British Government, following a report by the economist
Richard Layard on depression and how it costs the country vast sums of money, is now putting a lot of money into developing a walk-in therapy service for depression as part of the National Health Service,'' she said. In Australia, sessions of counselling are also now funded through Medicare, for those who see their general practitioner for depression.
This article appeared in the Canberra Times on the 12th February 2009.
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Working mums need support rather than blame.
Richard Layard, of the London School of Economics, and Judy Dunn, of King's College London, who wrote A Good Childhood, published by the Children's Society last week, say in a letter to the Guardian that their research was twisted.
This article appeared in the Guardian on the 11th February 2009.
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This public lecture was held on Wednesday 11 February 2009, in the Old Theatre, Old Building, LSE.
Speakers: Professor Judy Dunn, Professor Lord Richard Layard
Is childhood all it should be? Or has it been spoilt by broken homes, junk food, alcohol and exam stress? The speakers will present the findings of The Good Childhood Inquiry.
Judy Dunn is professor of developmental psychology at King’s College London, and was chair of The Good Childhood Inquiry. Richard Layard is director of the Well-being Programme in the LSE Centre for Economic Performance.
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With Liverpool having twice been bashed in recent reports, chief feature writer Paddy Shennan asks a top Liverpool academic how prepared the city is to cope with the current credit crunch.
WE were well-used to being knocked when we were down, but it’s been a bit of novelty to be battered while we’re on the way up. Recent reports written by people from outside Liverpool have painted a bleak picture for this city, with one, Cities Unlimited, co-written by much-criticised boffin
Dr Tim Leunig for the right-wing Policy Exchange think-tank, laughably calling on Scousers to pack their backs and move to the apparently beautiful south.
This article appeared in the Liverpool Echo on 9th February 2009.
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According to economists
Richard Layard and Richard Easterlin, who have made a business of studying happiness, the reasons for the smooth functioning of ...
This article appeared in Scotland on Sunday on the 8th February 2009.
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Linda Yueh was interviewed to discuss the benefits of UK and China economic relations.
This interview was broadcast on the 7th February 2009.
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Dr Tim Leunig , lecturer in economic history at LSE, took part in a slot defining an economic depression.
This interview was broadcast on the 5th February 2009 on BBC Radio 4.
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Dr Tim Leunig, economic history, commented on the interest rate cuts and deflation.
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And in a particularly tough-minded move, Stockholm decided to protect ordinary citizens with deposits in banks but not to protect the owners -- the shareholders -- of the banks themselves. "They decided both to guarantee all the liabilities and the depositors while at the same time, in those banks where there was no value left, they would let the shareholders be wiped out through nationalization," says
Peter Boone, an economics expert at the London School of Economics.
This interview was broadcast on Radio Free Europe on 5th February 2009.
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Luis Garicano, a Professor of Economics at LSE, thinks that the effect of the global market on incentives can go some way to explaining the current financial crisis. Applying his model of incentives to the world of football, he demonstrates that it is only when we consider rewards that we can understand the way the economics of such diverse situations operate.
Big Ideas is a series of films featuring leading academics from the London School of Economics and Political Science presenting novel and often bold solutions to some of the problems facing British society today. The series has been made specially for Independent.co.uk by Ember Regis in conjunction with LSE.
This film was posted to The Independent Online - Commentators on February 4, 2009
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The Children's Society report fails to see that, while kids today may act like adults, they are more constrained than ever before.
Report co-author
Sir Richard Layard writes of the importance of giving children a sense of purpose: what he calls "the law of love".
This article appeared in The the Guardian on the 4th February 2009.
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David Marsden gave an interview on Obama’s announcement that executive pay in firms receiving state bail-outs would be capped at $500,000 a year.
This interview was broadcast on BBC World Service on the 4th February 2009.
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Dr Tim Leunig, commented on the strikes in the UK due to the dispute at the Lindsey Oil Refinery over the use of foreign labour.
This interview was broadcast on 3rd February 2009.
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Linda Yueh on migrant unemployment in China.
This article appeared in RBC Daily on the 3rd February 2009.
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The report was co-authored by economist
Richard Layard , who inspired the government's programme to expand talking therapies provision for adults....
This article appeared on Communitycare.co.uk on the 3rd February 2009.
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ADULTS’ aggressive pursuit of personal success is now the “greatest threat” to children’s wellbeing and happiness, a landmark inquiry has found.
Professor
Lord Richard Layard , Emeritus Professor of Economics at the London School of Economics, added: “We think that the preoccupation with self is taking too much of the joy out of children’s lives, out of their family lives, out of their school, even out of their leisure life and consumption.
This article appeared on Wales Online on the 3rd February 2009.
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Shaun Fenton, headteacher at Cheltenham's Pate's Grammar School, gives his personal view about the state of childhood folliwng the publication of a major report.
Speaking at a news conference to launch the report, Professor
Lord Richard Layard, Emeritus Professor of Economics at the London School of Economics, and a member of the inquiry panel, said excessive individualism had filled the vacuum left by a decline in religious belief and social solidarity.
This article appeared in This is Gloucestershire on the 3rd February 2009.
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A NORTH East children's charity chief yesterday welcomed a report which suggests that the aggressive pursuit of personal success by adults is now the "greatest threat" to the wellbeing and happiness of youngsters...
Meanwhile,
Richard Layard , Emeritus Professor of Economics at the London School of Economics, and a member of the inquiry panel, said excessive individualism had filled the vacuum left by a decline in religious belief and social solidarity.
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Linda Yueh was interviewed to discuss Australia’s economy.
This interview was broadcast on CNBC on the 3rd February 2009.
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AN AGGRESSIVE pursuit of personal success by adults is the “greatest threat” to the wellbeing and happiness of children, according to a landmark inquiry published in Britain yesterday.
Speaking at a news conference to launch the report,
Professor Lord Richard Layard, Emeritus Professor of Economics at the London School of Economics and a member of the inquiry panel, said excessive individualism had filled the vacuum left by a decline in religious belief and social solidarity.
This article appeared in the Examiner on the 3rd February 2009.
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Despite greater affluence, life has become more difficult for our children. According to yesterday's A Good Childhood report, this increased stress is due to the excessive individualism in our society, which produces increased family break-up, excessive pressure to consume, too much exam stress and too great inequality.
These are not nostrums but carefully documented facts, leading to specific targeted proposals. Surveys show that, since around 2000, one in six of our children have been suffering from serious emotional or behavioural problems, compared with only one in 10 some 15 years earlier. The problem arises in every social class. What causes it?
Read the full article by Richard Layard on the Guardian Online - Comment is free
Look beyond number one: Schools should take the lead in helping our young people to find a sense of purpose published 03 February 2009.
Lord Layard is co-author of the Children's Society-commissioned report A Good Childhood
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Raporun bas yazari olan Isçi Partili Lordlar Kamarasi üyesi
Lord Richard Layard, "Kisisel özgürlük ve kendi kaderini tayin hakki pekçok faydayi beraberinde ...
This article appeared on BBCTurkish.com, London on the 2nd February 2009.
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Speaking at a news conference to launch the report,
Professor Lord Richard Layard, Emeritus Professor of Economics at the London School of Economics, and a member of the inquiry panel, said excessive individualism had filled the vacuum left by a decline in religious belief and social solidarity.
This article appeared in the The Harrow Times on the 2nd February 2009.
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The Good Childhood Inquiry published by the Children's Society has claimed more young people were "unhappy" in the 21st century than in previous generations. The 238-page report was written by
Lord Layard, emeritus professor at the London School of Economics and a former adviser to Tony Blair, and Professor Judy Dunn, from the Institute of Psychiatry
This article appeared in the Evening Standard on the 2nd February 2009.
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All children should be taught good parenting in school ... by the former Downing Street adviser
Richard Layard and Judith Dunn
This article appeared in the Independent on the 2nd February 2009.
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Social tenants with a record of good behaviour should be able to demand their landlord sells their house so they can move, according to a report from think tank, The Policy Exchange.
Report author, London School of Economics academic
Tim Leunig, said: “The right to move is about freedom, dignity, and opportunity. It has the potential to transform the lives of millions of people living in social housing, by allowing them to decide where it is they live.”
This article appeared in Housing News on the 2nd February 2009.
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Lord Layard, the distinguished author of Happiness, has been on the radio saying things are bad, but that these things go in cycles: our "excessively individual" social attitudes will recede.
This article appeared on the Guardian Politics Blog on the 2nd February 2009.
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Dr Tim Leunig, reader in economic history commented on the strikes.
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The wellbeing of millions of children across Britain is being damaged by adults' aggressive pursuit of personal success, a three-year inquiry by the Children's Society concluded today.
The society blamed the problems of young people on "a belief among adults that the prime duty of the individual is to make the most of their own life, rather than contribute to the good of others".
It said this "excessive individualism" was the cause of high rates of family break-up, unhealthy competition in schools, unprincipled advertising and acceptance of income inequality that left millions of children living in poverty.
The report, A Good Childhood, called for a return to traditional moral values. Its most controversial target was the increasing economic independence of women.
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Children paying price for adults' pursuit of success, says report from The Guardian, 02 February 2009.
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The aggressive pursuit of personal success by adults is now the greatest threat to British children, a major independent report on childhood says.
It calls for a sea-change in social attitudes and policies to counter the damage done to children by society.
Family break-up, unprincipled advertising, too much competition in education and income inequality are mentioned as big contributing factors.
A panel of independent experts carried out the study over three years.
The report, called The Good Childhood Inquiry and commissioned by the Children's Society, concludes that children's lives in Britain have become "more difficult than in the past", adding that "more young people are anxious and troubled".
The inquiry's final report and recommendations,
A Good Childhood, is written by
Richard Layard and Judy Dunn and published by Penguin on 4th February 2009.
Listen to Lord Layard on the Today Programme (BBC Radio 4) on 2nd February 2009.
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The Good Childhood Inquiry is the culmination of a major independent inquiry, commissioned by The Children's Society and carried out by a team of experts led by economist and government adviser
Richard Layard.
This article appeared in the Guardian on the 1st February 2009.
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A study into children's welfare has concluded that children face more challenges growing up today than in the past.
Emeritus professor at the London School of Economics
Lord Layard and the Institute of Psychiatry's Development Psychology professor Judy Dunn wrote the report for the Children's Society.
This article appeared on In The News on the 1st February 2009.
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The conclusions of the Good Childhood Inquiry, which has tracked the lives of the country's children for more than two years, are that British children are anxious, fearful of bullying, stressed by schoolwork, and wrestling with worries about family relationships, poverty, peer pressure or physical, emotional or sexual abuse. The study was commissioned by the Children's Society and included an independent panel of 12 experts including
Lord Layard , emeritus professor of economics a the London School of Economics, and Sir Al Aynsley-Green, children's commissioner for England.
This article appeared in the Observer on the 1st February 2009.
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Sunday Times, 01-Feb-2009, page 3
Daily Telegraph, 31-Jan-2009, page 29
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British children need lessons in love and moral responsibility to combat the growing culture of greed and individualism, a landmark report has advised.
The report entitled 'A Good Childhood' also recommends report cards for youngsters to monitor their emotional wellbeing.
Its authors found Britain has been damaged by rampant individualism and states the country is one of the worst affected in the western world
The report's lead authors are Lord Layard, emeritus professor at the London School of Economics and former adviser to Tony Blair on wellbeing; and Judy Dunn, professor of developmental psychology at the Institute of Psychiatry in London.
This article
Broken Britain needs lessons in love was published in The Daily Telegraph, 01 February 2009.
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The Good Childhood Inquiry
Ask yourself this: do you ever fight with your other half in front of the children? Do you leave them to their own devices when they are on the computer? Have you ever sat them in front of the television instead of taking them out for a walk?
According to A Good Childhood - a report commissioned by the Children's Society and produced by the independent Good Childhood Inquiry, which undertook the biggest investigation into childhood conducted in the UK - these types of parental shortcomings are the hallmarks of British parenting.
In an attempt to assess how we could do it better, a group of experts, including Richard Layard, emeritus professor of economics at the London School of Economics who heads its investigations into wellbeing, have spent two years sifting through reports and contributions from some 35,000 people. They have tried to understand why British kids fare the worst of all the children in the 21 developed nations. That's worse than Germany, Scandinavia, Finland and even France.
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Our children's blighted lives, from The Sunday Times published 01 February 2009.
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A Good Childhood: Searching for Values in a Competitive Age by Richard Layard.
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Linda Yueh spoke on China’s recession.
This interview was broadcast on BBC World Serice on the 31st January 2009.
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Linda Yueh was interviewed to comment on UK-China relations with the visit of Chinese Premier Wen.
This interview was broadcast on BBC News on the 31st January 2009.
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Il bonus ai manager è eticamente sbagliato, parola di Obama. Di più, lo è scientificamente, assicurano due studiosi. La conclusione della loro ricerca può essere "tradotta" così: se Lehman Brothers è fallita è perché i suoi dirigenti ragionano come pesisti turchi al sesto posto nella classifica provvisoria di una finale olimpica. Per arrivare sul podio dichiarano che solleveranno l' impossibile e quando il bilanciere casca ci facciamo male tutti quanti. Paradossale? Mica tanto. Cominciamo dall' inizio, quando i pesi sono fermi sul pavimento, nessuno ha ancora sentito parlare di mutui subprime e
Christos Genakos (docente alla London School of Economics) e Mario Pagliero (Università di Torino) si stanno godendo in tv le immagini delle Olimpiadi ateniesi dell' estate 2004.
This article appeared in Repubblica Italy on the 31st January 2009.
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Article refers to research by Christos Genakos with Mario Pagliero on "Risk Taking and Performance in Multistage Tournaments: Evidence from Weightlifting Competitions". (Forthcoming article in CentrePiece Winter 2008/09 issue.)
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Those in social housing should be allowed to require their landlord to sell their home and buy a place of their choice, writes
Dr Tim Leunig, economic historian, LSE.
This article appeared in The Guardian on the 30th January 2009.
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Linda Yueh interviewed on the 'News Map' segment on reforming the international economic system.
This interview was broadcast on Radio Lithuania on the 30th January 2009.
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De Britse econoom
Richard Layard beschrijft in zijn boek Waarom zijn we niet gelukkig? dat werkloos raken zeer pijnlijk is. De klap is vergelijkbaar met een ...
This article appearerd in Nederlands Dagblad - Barneveld,Gelderland on the 30th January 2009.
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Happiness: Lessons from a New Science by Richard Layard
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‘Mostly Harmless Econometrics: An Empiricist's Companion’ by Joshua D. Angrist, professor of economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and
Jorn-Steffen Pischke, professor of economics, London School of Economics
Princeton University Press, £54.00 and £24.95
Angrist and Pischke show how the basic tools of applied econometrics allow data to speak, explaining why fancier econometric techniques are typically unnecessary and even dangerous.
This article appeared in the Times Higher Education Supplement on the 29th January 2009.
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Linda Yueh was interviewed on China-U.S. relations.
This interview was broadcast on Radio 4 on 28th January 2009.
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Une société qui s'enrichit n'est pas forcément une société de gens heureux : c'est le constat que pose
Richard Layard au fondement de sa « nouvelle science ...
This article appeared on Blog d'AdmiNet on the 28th January 2009.
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Tim Leunig writes that regulation is the smart answer to global warming.
This article appeared in the Guardian on 27 December 2009.
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Tom Cunningham writes “We know the UK's assets have plunged in value. It turns out to be the middle classes who are taking the hit”.
This article appeared in the Guardian on 27th January 2009.
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Peter Boone and Simon Johnson warn against bank nationalisation in the US. Peter Boone is chairman of Effective Intervention, a UK-based charity, and a research associate at The Centre for Economic Performance, London School of Economics.
This article appeared in the Financial Times on 27th January 2009.
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Professor Anthony Venables was awarded a CBE. Professor Venables is now an associate in the Centre for Economic Performance at LSE but is based at Oxford University.
This article appeared on finchannel.com on 25th January 2009.
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Linda Yueh interviewed on China offering a currency swap agreement to Hong Kong.
This interview appeared on RBC on 21st January 2009.
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Authors such as Oliver James, Richard Layard and, in Australia, Clive Hamilton, were of the belief that excessive prosperity and abundance were ruining our mental health rather than making us happier.
This article appeared in the Brisbane Times on 20th January 2009.
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The Depression Report: A New Deal for Depression and Anxiety Disorders by Richard Layard
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Two LSE economics professors have paid tribute to the brilliance of Barack Obama’s new budget director Peter Orszag, who is one of an impressive retinue of LSE alumni appointed to the president-elect’s administration.
Professor Emeritus Lord Richard Layard was so impressed with Orszag’s work as a Masters student that he invited him to Moscow in 1992 in the early post-Soviet period to work on the influential monthly publication Russian Economic Trends. 'I invited him to Russia because he was a brilliant, outstanding chap,' said Professor Layard.
This article appeared in the Financial on 20th January 2009.
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‘The Conditions of Life’, A. Illarionov, R. Layard and P. Orszag, Centre for Economic Performance Discussion Paper No. 165, August 1993.
‘Dumping on Free Trade: The US Import Trade Laws’, P. Orszag and J. Stiglitz, Centre for Economic Performance Discussion Paper No. 210, October 1994.
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Letter to the editor from Dr Tim Leunig, economic history, LSE.
This article appeared in Prospect Magazine on the 19th January 2009.
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News article by Nick Bloom and Max Floetotto on how the recession may come to an end sooner than expected.
This article appeared in Kathimerini on the 19th January 2009.
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As debate continues over the release of the second half of the Treasury Department’s Troubled Asset Relief Program,
Peter Boone and Simon Johnson argue that it’s time to stop taking half steps and make sweeping moves to fight bank insolvency. Boone is chairman of Effective Intervention, a U.K.-based charity, and a research associate at the
Centre for Economic Performance, London School of Economics, and Johnson is a former IMF chief economist, and is currently a professor at MIT Sloan School of Management and a senior fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics. They run the economic crisis website
BaselineScenario.com
This article appeared in the Wall Street Journal on 15th January 2009.
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Linda Yueh interviewed on China's banking measures that could increase the amount of bad debts in the sector.
This interview was broadcast on RBC Daily on the 13th January 2009.
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Letter from
Jonathan Wadsworth,
Centre for Economic Performance, LSE who suggests graduates are still better placed to secure jobs than those without degrees.
This article appeared in the Guardain on the 13th January 2009.
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Nicholas Bloom and Max Floetotto forecast that ‘After falling by 3% between October 2008 and June 2009, we forecast GDP will rapidly rebound from July 2009 onwards. Delaying the stimulus package until the summer may mean that it is too late. The economic medicine will be administered just as the patient is trying to leave the hospital.’
This article appeared on the Economist.com blog, Washington on the 12th January 2009.
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Die Krise der Weltwirtschaft zieht Deutschland hinab. Wie lange die globale Rezession anhält, ist ungewiss. Für drei US-Ökonomen ist das ein Grund zur Hoffnung.
Article by Von Philip Faigle on paper by
Nick Bloom and Max Floetotto, regarding uncertainty and the recession.
This article appeared in Zeit online on January 11, 2009
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Will the Credit Crunch Lead to Recession?' by Nick Bloom. Article in
CentrePiece, Volume 13, Issue 1 Spring 2008
'The Recession Will Be Over Sooner Than You Think' by Nick Bloom and Max Floetotto. Article forthcoming in
CentrePiece, Volume 13, Issue 3, Winter 2008/9
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Economists, including
Linda Yueh, associate at
CEP, tell Edmund Conway what they would do to fix the financial crisis.
This article appeared in the Daily Telegraph on the 10th January 2009.
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Professor
Peter Dolton of Royal Holloway, University of London, and the London School of Economics’
Centre for the Economics of Education, notes fewer graduates now take vocational courses, leaving them open to uncertainties of the current jobs market.
This article appeared in the Guardian on the 10th January 2009.
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Column by
Tom Cunningham (CEP) on how the Bank of England’s inflation targeting charter has led to some strange monetary policy decisions.
This article appeared in the Guardian on the 9th January 2009.
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Professor Venables, now an associate in the
Centre for Economic Performance was awarded a CBE in the Queen’s New Years Honours List 2009.
This article appeared in The FINANCIAL, Georgia on the 8th January 2009.
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As details emerge about the incoming Obama administration’s stimulus plans,
Peter Boone and Simon Johnson argue that proposals should be even bolder. Boone is chairman of Effective Intervention, a U.K.-based charity, and a research associate at the
Centre for Economic Performance , London School of Economics.
This article appeared in Wall Street Journal Blogs on the 7th January 2009.
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Dr Tim Leunig, commented in a slot about protectionism.
This interview was broadcast on BBC World Serice Radio on the 6th January 2009.
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Linda Yueh interviewed to discuss unemployment in China.
This interview was broadcast on the 6th January 2009.
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Control over admissions is what makes a difference to a school, writes Peter Wilby.
Unfortunately, there is not a scrap of evidence that the success of church or other faith schools has anything to do with religious teaching, moral ethos or principled commitment to equality. All the research, mostly from the London School of Economics, shows the schools' apparent success is almost entirely explained by the characteristics of the pupils who attend them.
This article apperared in the Guardian on the 6th January 2009.
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‘Faith Primary Schools: Better Schools or Better Pupils?’, by Steve Gibbons and Olmo Silva,
Centre for the Economics of Education (CEE) Discussion Paper No.72 , November 2006.
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Linda Yueh interviewed on the increased convertibility of the Chinese RMB.
This interview was broadcast on Voice of America the 5th January 2009.
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Linda Yueh spoke on a year-end assessment of the Chinese economy.
This interview was broadcast on the 2nd January 2009.
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Also interviewed on World Business Report
Economic Survey 2009. Fiscal Policy.
John Van Reenen of the
Centre for Economic Performance at the London School of Economics critical of new Treasury rules on government spending.
This article appeared in the Financial Times on the 2nd January 2009.
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Economic Outlook 2009. Unemployment is likely to rise to near 3m, adding 1m people to dole queues and returning the country to a position not seen since the early 1990s.
Tim Leunig of the London School of Economics said: "People aged over 50 who lose their job may well not get another one, and certainly not one on their current wage rates."
This article appeared in the Finanical Times on the 2nd January 2009.
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In his column, Timothy Garton Ash says Paul Krugman promises us months of "economic hell". He also says that
Richard Layard has written an interesting book,
Happiness: Lessons from New Science. Is this what Freidrich Nietzsche meant by "the gay science"?
This article appeared in the The Guardian on the 1st January 2009.
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