How the work of Adam Smith could help solve the UK skills gap
- Written by Anton Muscatelli, Principal and Vice Chancellor, University of Glasgow
Tackling the UK’s productivity problem will require long-term public investment in quality education aimed at closing the skills gap and boosting equality – a plan the 18th-century economist Adam Smith would certainly have agreed with.
Smith – whose tercentenary we celebrate this year – was a pioneer of economics. He was one...