Manorama Online
Teen troubles target Britain
Quality of teen life in Britain has been the subject of major surveys this week and, if the figures are any indication, Britain is on the threshold of a societal black hole. A survey by the London School of Economics shows that 18 percent of British teenagers are NEETs (Neither in Employment, Education or Training). Official figures put it around seven percent. The annual Mobile Life report, which was commissioned by the Carphone Warehouse and the London School of Economics, claims that more than 10 percent of British children are having sexually explicit conversations online.
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Cellular News
Social Networking Has Mixed Success Via Mobile Phones
A new survey warns of the importance of keeping social networking sites in perspective, given the hype around interest in the sites such as Facebook and MySpace. The report by Leslie Haddon of the London School of Economics' Media and Communications Department, finds that currently just under a quarter (24%) of internet users ever visit social networking sites (SNS) on mobile phones or smartphones.
http://www.cellular-news.com/story/32539.php

Warsaw Business Journal
Gov't and NBP enter mud slinging row over rising inflation
However, according to Stanisław Gomułka, an economist at the London School of Economics, both the government and Bank share the blame, as the NBP should have reacted more decidedly, while the government could do much more such as reforming the labor market through pension reforms and opening the market to workers from the East, which would dampen wage inflation.
http://www.wbj.pl/article-41946-govt-and-nbp-enter-mud-slinging-row-over
-rising-inflation.html?typ=pam

Late-edition headlines

Guardian
Profile: anthropologist Ben Jones
Ben Jones is a lecturer in the Department of Social Policy at the London School of Economics.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/katine/2008/jul/21/background

Bloomberg
Iran may face further sanctions, Brown tells Knesset
‘We have to prepare ourselves for what may be a major shift in power in the Middle East over the next five years,' said Michael Cox, a professor at the London School of Economics. ‘Iran feels that it should be the dominant power in the region. There may be a nuclear Iran in the future, in which case we'll have to fall back to the Cold War strategy of deterrence,' said Cox, who runs the school's Centre for Diplomacy and Strategy. A deal to dissuade Iran's government from continuing its nuclear work would require ‘massive incentives' beyond those that have been offered, Cox said. ‘Iran is on a roll. Nobody's got a simple answer and sanctions alone won't do it against a regime selling oil at $130 per barrel.'
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601085&sid=alBiC61p7BAo&refer=europe

Observer
Is this the last stand for globalisation?
Emanuel Ornelas, an expert on globalisation at the Centre for Economic Policy [sic] at LSE, says too much focus has probably been given to the fraught subject of agricultural reform to the exclusion of other goods, where tariffs remain very high. 'Agricultural reform will not benefit all developing countries equally, with large exporters receiving a disproportionate share of the gains,' he says, pointing out that other important but controversial issues, such as immigration, have been badly neglected.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2008/jul/20/globaleconomy.wto1/print

Spoletoscienza, Italy
Dall’ alfabetizzaziaone all’evoluzione del ‘Public Understanding of Science’
Article by Martin W Bauer, reader in social psychology at LSE.

LSE people on TV/Radio

BBC Radio 4
The NHS at 60 – The cost of health
The last in this four part series in which Dr Lawrence Phillips, LSE Visiting Professor of Decision Sciences, participates.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/factual/costofhealth.shtml

BBC Radio 4 (17 July)
The World Tonight
Linda Yueh, associate of CEP, was interviewed to discuss the IMF report on the global economy.

BBC World Service
World Update
Linda Yueh gave an interview on China's second quarter growth rate.

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