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Economic Education
economics or the problems of business. However,
most people are concerned about preserving their own
individual freedom. The good news for economic
educators is that a discussion of a free market system
can counter economic illiteracy as it relates to free
market: Personal freedom cannot survive without
overall economic freedom.
What is the approach taken by the Belden Center?
The appeal is to the self-interest of people, tieing
together in their minds the vital link between private
property and constitutional government. The fate of
our republic, and of capitalism, seemingly now in the
balance, may be determined by how well those who
understand and appreciate it support it when it is
under criticism. Let each work and speak and give all
possible support to freedom in the marketplace and
free enterprise throughout the nation.
At Harding University, it is realized that the legacy
of economic illiteracy is a pervasive one. A significant
re-education task still awaits. Free, private enterprise
is simply the freedom applied to the marketplace. This
idea has rarely been taught on campuses and in our
communities. America has human talent on its side.
America has money and economic power on its side,
and most important, America has history on its side.
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