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'Nudges don’t replace laws, they complement them' - Adam Oliver explains why behavioural economics is still misunderstood.

'Reforms need social support which technocrats may not deliver' - Hard-pressed European economies cannot recover without democracy argues Jonathan Hopkin.

'We should stop talking about the House of Lords and instead talk about bringing in a British Senate' - Patrick Dunleavy sees the chance for a historic reform of the UK parliament.

'What's the point of people in an automated financial market?' - Daniel Beunza discusses the importance of retaining the 'social' aspect of the markets.

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A national drive to introduce superfast broadband coverage across most of the UK could stumble over a funding gap of more than £1 billion identified in a new report. Tackle global inequality to reduce pressure of economic migration, report urges policy makers
Location, not class, is now the key driver of global inequality, according to an article published in the LSE journal Global Policy. University reforms have created "middle-income poverty trap"
Systems of financial support for poorer students applying to university are confusingly complex and involve dramatic 'cliff-edges' where help for the marginally better-off suddenly disappears, new analysis has found.

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Shadows of Liberty|

As part of the London International Documentary Festival, LSE will host film screenings on 24 and 28 May. Jean-Phillipe Tremblay's Shadows of Liberty is a documentary feature-film examining the media crisis in the United States, and is the first of the 2 screenings.

“The Muck of the Past”: revolution, social transformation and the Maoists in India|

Alpa Shah will deliver this year’s Malinowski Memorial Lecture on 17 May, she teaches anthropology at Goldsmiths, University of London. Dr Shah is the author of In the Shadows of the State: indigenous politics, environmentalism and insurgency in Jharkhand, India.

Advancing Global Trade and Employment Together: Shared Opportunities and Responsibilities for the United States and the European Union|

In this major address on 22 May, US Trade Representative Ron Kirk will discuss opportunities for the US-EU trade relationship at a critical time. Ambassador Kirk will emphasize how the United States and the EU can work together: bilaterally for mutual growth, at the World Trade Organization for better results, and around the world to better integrate emerging and transitioning markets into the world economy.

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Conor Gearty lecture DNA of Human Rights

The Burning Issue - DNA of Human Rights

Conor Gearty, a professor of human rights law and practising barrister, looks at the history of human rights and ideas that have informed their development such as democracy and dignity. He challenges the notion that human rights are a western idea, a mere 'cultural accessory'.

Released: 24 February 2012; approx 49 minutes

COP 17 the awakening of the climate vulnerables

Speakers: Leon Charles, Karl Hood
Recorded: Thursday 22 March 2012; approx 55 minutes

Language, culture, and being human

Speaker: Professor Daniel Everett
Recorded: Thursday 22 March 2012; approx 89 minutes

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The Insecurity State: vulnerable autonomy and the right to security in the criminal law|

Peter Ramsay

The SAGE Handbook of Political Communication|

Holli A Semetko and Margaret Scammell

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