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Making a Bid for the Public Trust
on economic education for effective citizenship.
Achievable objectives should be set: improved
economic understanding; increased belief in and
support for private enterprise; increased awareness of
the size, scope, and cost of government; improved
company profitability through improved employee
performance; and development of more active and
informed citizenship.
A section of this book was dedicated to a basic,
inalienable, Constitutional right granted by the God of
our Fathers -- life itself. Can the
"free choice"
argument be broadened? This is the message through
Harding University's Belden Center, to include workers
and consumers in a voluntary exchange market
economy. Emphasis should be placed on effective two–
way communication messages noticed, seen, read, and
heard by audiences. Soundly-planned messages are
needed to improve economic knowledge, attitudes
toward business, and to motivate people to vote
responsibly and perform as profit-oriented employees.
Messages to correct key misconcepts, establish
fundamental principles, clarify current issues are vital.
We use communication methods which encourage
people to reveal negative attitudes and ask specific
questions.
Then we relieve those feelings by
answering questions in ways which appeal both to
people's self-interest and their love of mankind.
Mission accomplished.
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