[In reply to Steve's 28-Aug-1999 forward on the Evolution ban ;-)]
Kansas State Board of Education bans teaching of economics:
"There's no proof of an invisible hand."
The Kansas State Board of Education voted to
ban economics from the curriculum of its
public schools citing a "profound lack of
scientific evidence" that Adam Smith's
invisible hand of economics exists. During a
public debate on the issue preceding the vote,
members of the state board expressed concern
that students were being indoctrinated into
capitalism based upon a leap of faith in a hand
that cannot be proven. "If it's invisible, we
cannot see it and therefore it does not exist. In
addition this concept flies in the face of our
requirement that students of Kansas public
schools keep their hands visible at all times,"
said board member Faith Mercy. High school
economics teachers from Kansas were
indignant at the ban. "Granted there is
considerable economic theory that doesn't
seem connected to the real world, but this
demonstrates the laws of supply and demand
work. The school board demands we stop
teaching economics and we supply an
abundance of reasons why they're nuts," said
teacher Herb Stinson.
( http://www.bobsfridge.com/august.html )
