https://abridgeme.acromatic.uk/ 2026-06-06T13:41:48+00:00 https://abridgeme.acromatic.uk/ https://abridgeme.acromatic.uk/lib/tpl/dokuwiki/images/favicon.ico text/html 2019-01-17T10:40:29+00:00 will (will@undisclosed.example.com) https://abridgeme.acromatic.uk/doku.php?id=home&rev=1547721629&do=diff Abridgements Title Author The Elusive Quest for Growth William Easterly The White Man's Burden William Easterly A Century of War text/html 2018-07-25T22:09:28+00:00 dan (dan@undisclosed.example.com) https://abridgeme.acromatic.uk/doku.php?id=macroeconomics_and_the_phillips_curve_myth&rev=1532556568&do=diff Macroeconomics and the Phillips Curve Myth by James Forder, 2014, Oxford: Oxford University Press A 4-page review of the book (pdf) by Kevin Hoover for the Balliol Annual Record covers its main arguments succinctly. Note: if you have access to the full version, each chapter is summarised well in its own concluding section, so a good overview of the book can be obtained by reading the introduction and then successive conclusions in turn. text/html 2017-12-07T15:47:39+00:00 will (will@undisclosed.example.com) https://abridgeme.acromatic.uk/doku.php?id=the_new_industrial_state&rev=1512661659&do=diff The New Industrial State, John Kenneth Galbraith, 1972 (2nd ed), Harmondsworth: Penguin Part I: The History and Nature of the New Industrial State Change and the Industrial System Change in the economic sphere has been very great in recent history. It is a curiosity that although this is accepted, what has changed is perceived to be strictly limited. For instance, the essential features of American capitalism remain perfect throughout. text/html 2017-12-07T14:42:16+00:00 will (will@undisclosed.example.com) https://abridgeme.acromatic.uk/doku.php?id=the_affluent_society&rev=1512657736&do=diff The Affluent Society, John Kenneth Galbraith, 1969 (2nd ed) The Affluent Society 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 … text/html 2016-05-03T09:52:10+00:00 will (will@undisclosed.example.com) https://abridgeme.acromatic.uk/doku.php?id=who_runs_this_place&rev=1462269130&do=diff Who Runs This Place?: The Anatomy of Britain in the 21st Century by Anthony Sampson, 2005, London: John Murray The London Guardian published a 4,500 word extract of this book in 2004. The following “Veracity Index” published by MORI is often referred to: Profession text/html 2016-01-26T19:42:42+00:00 will (will@undisclosed.example.com) https://abridgeme.acromatic.uk/doku.php?image=income_inequality.png&ns=&rev=1453837362&tab_details=history&mediado=diff&do=media <img src="https://abridgeme.acromatic.uk/lib/exe/fetch.php?w=500&h=327&t=1573209582&amp;tok=1ece3d&amp;media=income_inequality.png" alt="income_inequality.png" />