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'Even in times of slow growth it's essential to focus on the key drivers of prosperity' - The launch of the LSE Growth Commission puts the spotlight on economic expansion. Increasingly crowded, congested and contested, at risk from threats natural and human-made. - The new issue of Global Policy considers how to protect near-space and other common resources.'The euro crisis has meant a step backwards for both the European Commission ad Parliament' - Sara Hagemann on the effects of financial pressure on political institutions.The most successful City traders are acutely in touch with their emotions - Paul Willman and Emma Soane reveal the link between pay and emotional intelligence at City of London investment banks.We know now the depth of the delusion that the financial world have. Beatrice Webb’s diaries, now fully online in LSE’s new digital library, show that attacks on bankers are nothing new .

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Competition between NHS hospitals improves efficiency|A new LSE study finds that competition between NHS hospitals improves efficiency and saves money, but allowing them to compete against private providers has not produced the same positive outcomes.How hedge fund managers' trusted networks expose them to risk| Hedge fund managers' over-reliance on information gleaned from a small group of trusted contacts in other hedge funds exposes them to financial risk, according to new research by Dr Yuval Millo.'Is it possible to kill out of care?'|In a humane society, should it be legal to help those who are suffering terribly to end their lives? Emily Jackson, professor of law at LSE, tackles this provocative issue in the latest Burning Issue lecture.

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Petr Necas

Growth for Europe: Resuscitating the Single Market|

In this lecture by Petr Nečas, Prime Minister of the Czech Republic on 29 February, he will examine how amidst a severe economic crisis, Europe is looking for solutions to restore growth and create jobs and how the potential of the Single Market – a key tool and a well-proven instrument to get the Union back on track – remains unexploited.

 

Comparing Real Wages: the McWage Index|  

Real wages measure worker welfare and the cost of labour. After providing some historical background and the basis for their interpretation, Professor Orley Ashenfelter will in this talk on 28 February report the results of a decade long study of wage rates at McDonald's restaurants in over 60 countries.

Modernity's Contents and Discontents in India and Pakistan|  

Panelists in this debate on 1 March will discuss and compare the political, social and economic trajectories of India and Pakistan since independence through the lenses of the social sciences and of literature. While India is heralded as a new, democratic, economic powerhouse, Pakistan is deplored as a basket-case of religious-fundamentalism, feudalism and corruption.

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Is it possible to kill out of care - LSE Burning Issues public lecture video
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In a humane society, should it be legal to help those who are suffering terribly to end their lives? Emily Jackson, professor of law at LSE, tackles this provocative issue in a public lecture.

Released: 16 February 2012; approx 69 minutes

 
Audio

Speaker: Nicholas Wapshott
Recorded: Monday 13 February 2012; approx 88 minutes

Audio

Recorded: Wednesday 15 February 2012; approx 78 minutes

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Together the rituals, pleasures and politics of cooperation

Together: the rituals, pleasures and politics of cooperation|

Richard Sennett

 
Global Justice and Avant-Garde Political Agency

Global Justice and Avant-Garde Political Agency|

Lea Ypi

 
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