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Good Economics Is Good Citizenship

themselves to the half-world of educational

contributions and charity. The time has come for

business to realize that costs of pollution abatement -–

both physical and intellectual -- are part of doing

business today. Harness some of the ingenuity that

has given America the finest business system in the

world.

Despite the antagonism between business and

academia in America, or perhaps because of it, the

college and university campus remains the number one

priority of those who wish to repulse the ideological

assault on responsible citizenship and private

ente~prise.

The answer lies not in business cutting

off

its

support of academia, but in even greater support

toward certain specific ends. Answers must be

provided to the public's questions concerning our

economic system and way of life. Citizenship training

and private enterprise education must become one of

the nation's top priorities.

Through the Belden Center, we make this challenge:

It

must not be said that America's business can sell

anything except its most important product -- itself.

The most important thing in America today to the

safety and well-being of every American is solvent,

healthy American businesses. An ounce of initiative

sometimes produces a pound of profit.

Business people have an opportunity to help mobilize

public opinion toward an outcome in which government

and business each attend to their respective roles.

This is a difficult and high-sounding goal. But, at

Harding University, it is one that can be based on

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