It matters more who your parents are in Britain than in many other countries - Professor John Hills explains how inequality runs deep. Parents can be too embarrassing to be Facebook friends - Professor Anne West on students' views of internet privacy We risk unleashing the feral beast of rampant media excess - Dr Andrew Scott on proposed reforms to libel law Is punishment a waste of time, suffering and money? - One of the questions posed to students on the new LSE100 course

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Executive Summer School 2010|

Courses on climate change, leadership and corporate finance are among those on offer in the expanded programme at LSE Summer School 2010. The programme aims to deliver cutting edge research to global professionals from both private and public sectors, through week-long courses taught by some of LSE's leading experts in a truly international environment.

LSE professor receives distinguished academic award|

Professor Richard Macve, professor of accounting at LSE, has received the 2010 Distinguished Academic Award from the British Accounting Association.Douglas Alexander and General Petraeus write for new LSE journal|

The UK Development Secretary and the head of US Central Command have contributed articles for the first edition of Global Policy, an innovative new journal which brings together academics and policy leaders to analyse the world's most urgent problems. 
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Photograph of David Willetts

How Rich are the Baby Boomers and how Poor are their Children? |

David Willetts MP, Shadow Minister for Universities and Skills, will analyse the distribution of income and wealth between different generations in Britain in a public lecture on 16 February. He will investigate why the baby boomer generation have done particularly well for both income and wealth, and look at why younger generations face much less favourable economic circumstances.

 

Jimmy Stewart Is Dead: ending the world's ongoing financial plague with limited purpose banking|

Today's financial system - with its limited liability, insider rating, political kickbacks, director sweetheart deals, non-disclosure and internal corporate raiders - was built for hucksters. Professor Laurence J. Kotlikoff  will argue on Wednesday 17 February that limited purpose banking (LPB) takes the con out of Wall Street's con-job by limiting banks, insurers and other financial corporations to their legitimate purpose - financial intermediation.

Driving Change While Maintaining Momentum|

The past year has been turbulent for every business world-wide. Microsoft has faced its own particular challenges head on - having to adapt to changing market conditions while maintaining momentum for growth and innovation, as well as helping its customers to do the same. Microsoft COO Kevin Turner shares his experience at the operational helm of this global organisation in a public lecture at LSE on March 3.
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Stories from LSE Speakers' story

This short film profiles LSE's lively events programme which brings some of the highest profile speakers to public audiences in the heart of London.
Released: 18 December 2009; approx. 6 minutes

 

Speaker: Jaron Lanier 
Recorded: 2 February 2010 6.30pm; approx. 89 minutes


Speaker: Tim Bale
Recorded: 3 February 2010 6.30pm; approx. 89 minutes

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Cover of Human Rights and Climate Change

Human Rights and Climate Change|

by Stephen Humphreys (ed.)

 
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