Adam Smith gets flubbed

The fruits of a socialist education in Britain.

STUDENTS at a college where Gordon Brown has been appointed chancellor are refusing to use the name Adam Smith because they claim the Scottish economist is synonymous with “exploitation and greed�.

The students’ association at Adam Smith College in Kirkcaldy, renamed following the merger of Fife and Glenrothes colleges last year, has voted unanimously to drop the title.

Instead it will be known as the Jennie Lee Students’ Association after the Lochgelly-born socialist firebrand MP and wife of Nye Bevan.

“We didn’t feel that Adam Smith represented the values a student association should stand for,� said student leader Paul Muirhead.

“He is associated with socio-economic policies that work against the people, that were synonymous with Thatcherite and Reaganite governments. "

Are the British getting anything useful out of their education system? I guess not.

Stumbing and Mumbling has great commentary on this bunch of jackasses.

(Hat tip to Knowledge Problem.)