http://www.abridge.me.uk/ 2012-02-07T16:07:28-07:00 http://www.abridge.me.uk/ http://www.abridge.me.uk/lib/tpl/default/images/favicon.ico text/html 2012-01-13T14:11:59-07:00 will http://www.abridge.me.uk/doku.php?id=dumbing_us_down&rev=1326489119&do=diff ”Dumbing Us Down: the Hidden Curriculum of Compulsory Schooling”, John Taylor Gatto, 2005 (first ed. 1992), New Society Publishers, ISBN 978-0-86571-448-9 Dumbing Us Down is a collection of five essays, often themselves based on lectures. The essays weren't written with a cohesive objective in mind, and as a result individual essays will tackle a point very concisely, but essentially repeat a statement that is made elsewhere. A better abridgement might restructure the entire work so as to avo… text/html 2011-12-15T11:21:38-07:00 will http://www.abridge.me.uk/doku.php?id=home&rev=1323973298&do=diff Abridge Me is a collection of abridgements of non-fiction books, mostly concerned with politics, economics and international development. At the outset, it was established as an open wiki, but the fact is that due to a lack of outside interest, it has remained the work of a single author since its creation in 2008. Editorial policy hasn't undergone a radical change of philosophy, but it seemed somewhat dishonest to present this work as a wiki collaboration when that has never been the case. T… text/html 2011-12-14T08:10:18-07:00 will http://www.abridge.me.uk/doku.php?id=the_affluent_society&rev=1323875418&do=diff The Affluent Society, John Kenneth Galbraith, 1969 (2nd ed) The world is a newly affluent place. Economic growth has brought enormous changes to the ways in which the populations of the Western world live. Such change ought to be accompanied by a broad revolution in ideas associated with the management of a national economy and society. Running a rich country is entirely different to running an economy that is struggling to survive; and yet so many of the ancient ideas persist into the prese… text/html 2011-11-16T09:56:48-07:00 will http://www.abridge.me.uk/doku.php?id=fair_trade_for_all&rev=1321462608&do=diff Joseph Stiglitz and Andrew Charlton, 2005, Fair Trade for All: How Trade Can Promote Development, Oxford: Oxford University Press Recent WTO History The Uruguay Round completed in 1994, establishing the World Trade Organisation (WTO) and drastically expanding the scope of multilateral law concerning global trading rules. In the decade since its completion, consensus has emerged that the round heavily favoured developed countries and many developing countries have suffered unexpected costs in … text/html 2011-07-29T23:36:51-07:00 dan http://www.abridge.me.uk/doku.php?id=who_runs_this_place&rev=1312004211&do=diff Who Runs This Place?: The Anatomy of Britain in the 21st Century by Anthony Sampson, 2005, London: John Murray The following “Veracity Index” published by MORI is often referred to: Profession 1983 (per cent) 2003 (per cent) Doctors 82 91 Teachers 79 87 Judges 77 72 Clergymen/priests 85 … text/html 2011-06-07T22:06:15-07:00 will http://www.abridge.me.uk/doku.php?id=a_century_of_war&rev=1307505975&do=diff William Engdahl, 2004 (revised edition), A Century of War: Anglo-American Oil Politics and the New World Order, London: Pluto The period in question began with the 1814-15 Congress of Vienna, during which Continental Europe was shuffled around in the wake of Napoleon's final defeat at Waterloo. The Congress divided Europe sufficiently to prevent a significant threat to British power, whilst giving Britain “rights to dominate the seas.” text/html 2011-05-25T00:02:10-07:00 dan http://www.abridge.me.uk/doku.php?id=the_elusive_quest_for_growth&rev=1306303330&do=diff The Elusive Quest for Growth, William Easterly, 2001, Cambridge: MIT Press Aid for Investment: the Harrod-Domar Model The Harrod-Domar Model was inspired primarily by pre-war experience in the US and Soviet Union. In both cases, a strong link was perceived between physical investment and output: in the Soviet case, the ability of the government to mobilise high levels of gross saving and invest this in physical machinery was seen as a key reason for the extremely rapid rate of industrialisati… text/html 2011-03-17T14:23:14-07:00 dan http://www.abridge.me.uk/doku.php?id=who_runs_this_place_by_hand&rev=1300393394&do=diff Who Runs This Place?: The Anatomy of Britain in the 21st Century by Anthony Sampson, 2005, London: John Murray The following “Veracity Index” published by MORI is often referred to: Profession 1983 (per cent) 2003 (per cent) Doctors 82 91 Teachers 79 87 Judges 77 72 Clergymen/priests 85 71 Television newsreaders 63 66 Police 61 64 Ordinary people 57 53 Civil servants 25 46 Trades union officials 18 33 Business lead… text/html 2011-03-17T14:05:20-07:00 dan http://www.abridge.me.uk/doku.php?id=who_runs_this_place_automatic&rev=1300392320&do=diff Who Runs This Place? Anthony Sampson 2005, London: John Murray 06/07/2007 01:06:53--12/02/2011 17:34:52 1 The House of Commons 1 2 The House of Lords 2 3 Monarchy 2 4 Political Parties 3 5 Trades Unions 3 6 The Prime Minister 3 7 The Cabinet 4 text/html 2011-02-12T14:25:11-07:00 dan http://www.abridge.me.uk/doku.php?id=the_white_mans_burden&rev=1297545911&do=diff The White Man's Burden by William Easterly, 2006, Oxford: Oxford University Press Planners Versus Searchers " Take up the White Man's burden--- In patience to abide, To veil the threat of terror And check the show of pride; By open speech and simple, An hundred times made plain, To seek another's profit And work another's gain. Take up the White Man's burden--- The savage wars of peace--- Fill full the mouth of Famine, And bid the sickness cease. ---Rudyard Kipling, The White Ma…