

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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