You may notice that the media use pretty much the same formula when they want their message to take hold. First, they will make the announcements and run previews, then they repeat the full story over and over in different ways, and finally they take polls to see how effective they have been and what points they need to reinforce. I will follow roughly the same approach in presenting my message. It will be particularly important for us to remember these procedures when we make plans to implement our citizen agendas as we travel the road to honesty and economic justice in the final chapters of this book. You have gotten this far upon opening this book.
Few people are interested at all in even picking up a book on economic or political issues.
I congratulate you as a citizen who can make a difference for our country by becoming involved, once you have read the whole book. As you read the following Preview you will recognize this as an effort to follow the method described above. It is a look ahead at the kind of questions you will find answered here. You Will Discover How to close the gap between the rich and poor and provide a level field for both on which to play the game of our economic life. How to approach the problem of violence in our society, recognize its principle causes and remove them.