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THE ABILITY OF COLLEGE FRESHMEN TO IDENTIFY ADAM SMITH AND KARL MARX.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)

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From: College Student Journal
Date: 20000901
Author:ENGLISH, DONALD; MANTON, EDGAR

The problem of this study was to determine the numbers and percentages of first semester freshmen at Texas A&M University-Commerce who could correctly identify the individuals who are generally considered to be the "fathers" of communism and capitalism. A questionnaire was administered to all entering freshmen students enrolled in a business computing systems course. Of those students surveyed, 26.6 percent were able to identify Adam Smith as the "father" of capitalism, while 37.2 percent were able to identify Karl Marx as the "father" of communism.

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