Economics and London

Given that some of our regular readers and contributors are currently taking courses in London, i thought id take some time to remind them of the Economics sights and sounds.

Please feel free to add if you can think of anything economics related that our group could do while not studying!

Departments Listed in Top 20% RepEC.
Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR),
London School of Economics (LSE), University of London,
Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS)
Centre for Economic Performance (CEP), London School of Economics (LSE), University of London,
Department of Economics, University College London, University of London, London
Economics Department, London School of Economics (LSE), University of London, London
Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines (STICERD), London School of Economics (LSE), University of London, London
Department of Economics, Royal Holloway, University of London, Egham
Economics, Finance and Management, University of Bristol, Bristol
Financial Markets Group (FMG), London School of Economics (LSE), University of London,
London Business School (LBS), University of London, London
Department of Economics, Birkbeck College, University of London, London
Bank of England, London
Department of Economics, London Business School (LBS), University of London, London
Department of Economics, Queen Mary, University of London, London
Tanaka School of Business, Imperial College, University of London, London
Jevons Institute for Competition Law and Economics, University College London, University of London, London
National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR), London
Cass Business School, City University,, London
Department of Management, London School of Economics (LSE), University of London, London
Department of Economics, City University, London

Some Famous Economists With Links to London

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Maynard_Keynes
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedrich_von_Hayek
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeremy_Bentham
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Ricardo

See the article below on the IFS website for a good overview of London's role in the history of economics

http://www.ifs.org.uk/famous_economists/index.php