Guardian
Councils can help spread the joy
A report published today by the local government Improvement and Development Agency, the Young Foundation and the London School of Economics, describes some of these initiatives [local councils role in promoting happiness and wellbeing]. They are invariably small-scale, usually require next to nothing in terms of funding (though they do require significant time and commitment), and have achieved some inspiring outcomes.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2008/jun/11/localgovernment

As China's power grows, the diaspora starts to flex its worldwide muscle
Article by Martin Jacques, a visiting research fellow at the Asia Research Centre, London School of Economics.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/jun/11/china.comment

Late edition headlines

Open Democracy
SuperMedia: the future as ‘networked journalism’
Article by Charlie Beckett, director of POLIS at LSE.
http://www.opendemocracy.net/article/supermedia-the-networked-journalism-future

The Financial, Georgia
LSE: 42-day detention would be a ‘disgraceful legacy’ for Labour, says professor of human rights law
Government ministers and Labour MPs will be guilty of hypocrisy if they vote for extended detention of suspected terrorists and then return to civil liberties positions when they have lost power says Conor Gearty, Professor of Human Rights at the London School of Economics and Political Science.
http://finchannel.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=14614&Itemid=9

Alternet
Why oil prices are so high: a case of supply, demand, and speculation
Many independent observers couldn't disagree more. Last week, in the Financial Times, widely respected London School of Economics analyst Meghnad Desai noted that nothing happening in the real-world market for oil — like growing demand from China — can explain the current oil market. Oil prices, Desai adds, are now climbing at a rate that ‘would mean an unprecedented doubling in price every eight months.’ Letting this situation continue will likely force the global economy ‘into a serious crisis.’ Can anything prevent that crisis?
http://www.alternet.org/workplace/87474/

Deia.com
La Diputación amplía su colaboración con la London School of Economics Science
The articles refers to the signing of the contract between the Bizkaia Provincial Council and ELSE – the executive education arm of LSE, regarding a 10 week executive education programme in the Michelmas term.
http://www.deia.com/es/impresa/2008/06/06/bizkaia/herrialdeak/473349.php

LSE people on TV/radio

BBC World Service (Russia)
Charlie Beckett was interviewed for this radio station about campaigner Mary Whitehouse. The interview will be played tonight at 7.05pm and repeated throughout the week.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/russian/news/default.stm

BBC Radio 4
Today Programme
Professor Willem Buiter, Chair of European political economy at LSE appeared on the show at 8.38 this morning discussing the housing market.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/listen_again/default.stm

BBC Radio 5 Live
Simon Mayo show
Two LSE undergraduate students in the Department of Government – Andy Hallett and Roger Lewis, appeared on the show yesterday discussing whether or not we need a dose of Thatcher style leadership.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/fivelive/programmes/mayo.shtml 3.48pm

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