LA Times
In Tibet, a worm worth its weight in gold
With demand sky high for caterpillar fungus, a prized ingredient in traditional medicine said to boost energy and immunity, the Tibetan nomads who gather it are enjoying a windfall. ‘It is a bit like a gold rush in the Wild West. It's brought enormous wealth to these communities,’ says Andrew Fischer, an economist specializing in Tibet at the London School of Economics.
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/asia/la-fg-worm27-2008
jun27,0,1106221.story?track=rss

Wall Street Journal
Who cheats? Our survey on deceit
Article includes comments from Alex Voorhoeve, a philosophy lecturer at the School.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121448862810107085.html?mod=googlenews_wsj (subscription)

New Straits Times, Malaysia
Government making sure every ringgit counts
Professor Danny Quah of the London School of Economics warned recently that if the government had not restructured fuel subsidies, its budget deficit would have risen to between eight and 10 per cent of the gross domestic product. At this level, it would bring about other unintended and adverse consequences for the national economy.
(Source: Lexis)

Late-edition headlines

Medical News Today
First comprehensive report on colorectal cancer (CRC) care in Europe and Australia reveals urgent need for action
Key findings from the report published by the London School of Economics (LSE) confirm that few countries have prioritized CRC screening and treatment.
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/112744.php

Spectator
The gender bender agenda
So what do you expect if you have something called an ‘Equality Minister’? Harriet Harman’s proposal that companies should positively discriminate in favour of women job candidates is yet another example of the way in which feminism got hijacked and turned from a campaign for fairness for women into an onslaught against men…As academics such as Professor Catherine Hakim of the London School of Economics have long argued, such iconic feminist causes as the ‘glass ceiling’ and the ‘gender pay gap’ are in very large measure the outcome of the choices made by women themselves.
http://www.spectator.co.uk/melaniephillips/799226/the-gender-bender-agenda.thtml

Pysorg.com
Online Dating: where technology and evolution collide
The Internet offers us an abundance of options when selecting everything from bicycles to mates that is unprecedented in human history.…But, as a team of researchers has shown in a recent study, this abundance of options may not make the chooser feel or choose any better than a pool of just a half dozen or so options. Psychologist Alison Lenton from the University of Edinburgh, Barbara Fasolo from the London School of Economics and Political Science, and cognitive scientist Peter Todd from Indiana University have presented their findings on this subject in a recent issue of IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication.
http://www.physorg.com/news133696958.html

Lawyer
City Law School tutor wins top pro bono prize
A tutor from The City Law School has scooped a prestigious award from pro bono charity LawWorks. Meanwhile, Clifford Chance bagged the best contribution by a law firm accolade for its FreeLaw Programme, which encompasses four weekly clinics using 217 volunteers. The initiative is run in conjunction with two of the magic circle firm’s clients and law students from Queen Mary University and the London School of Economics.
http://www.thelawyer.com/cgi-bin/item.cgi?id=133568&d=386&h=388&f=387

LSE people on TV/radio

BBC One
Evening News
Howard Davies, School director, was interviewed on the anniversary of Gordon Brown becoming Prime Minister.

BBC Radio 4
Today programme
Professor Richard Sennett appeared on the programme yesterday morning.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/today/newsid_7392000/7392367.stm 8-8.30am

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