Directions: Please respond to one of the following essay prompts. Your response must be about 1000 words in length, and must adhere to a standard manuscript form. Be sure to support your argument with specific references to primary or secondary sources.

Using the principles of Rogerian Argument, Make the case either for or against viewing economic activity, especially the purchase of goods and services, as a valid expression of public opinion.

Sources to consider:

a. The Rogerian Argument:
Link to the Rogerian Argument Overview

b. Lippmann, Walter.
Public Opinion. New Brunswick (USA) and London (UK): Transaction Publishers, 1998 (Macmillan 1922)

c. Dalton, Russell J.
Citizen Politics: Public Opinion and Political Parties in Advanced Industrial Democracies. Washington DC: SAGE/CQ Press, 2008.