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== History ==
According to ''[[Fortune (magazine)|Fortune]]'' the organization "originated in the [[United States Department of Commerce|Commerce Department]]" in 1942 and was created to encourage collaborative research among business leaders, economists, and New Deal politicians "to promote free enterprise and full employment, paying particular attention to the needs of small business".<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|last=Mudge|first=Stephanie L.|date=30 May 2019|title=Commentary: An Alliance Between Big Business and Democratic Socialists
The first business leaders on board were [[Paul G. Hoffman]], president of [[Studebaker|Studebaker Corporation]]; [[William Benton (senator)|William Benton]], co-founder of [[Benton & Bowles]] advertising firm; and [[Marion B. Folsom]], treasurer of [[Kodak|Eastman Kodak Company]].{{Citation needed|date=January 2022}} CED was first formed to help the [[Economy of the United States|U.S. economy]] transition from a wartime to peacetime economy.<ref name=":0" /> At the end of [[World War II]], CED worked to garner support among the American business community for the [[Marshall Plan]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=Allott|first=Daniel|date=2020-01-21|title=Capitalism must meet the challenge: Prosperity for all Americans|url=https://thehill.com/opinion/finance/479179-capitalism-must-meet-the-challenge-prosperity-for-all-americans|access-date=2022-01-30|website=[[The Hill (magazine)|The Hill]]|language=en}}</ref><ref name="About CED">{{Cite web|title=About|url=https://www.ced.org/about|access-date=2022-01-30|website=Committee for Economic Development of The Conference Board}}</ref>
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== Work ==
The CED has been credited with helping to create the [[Bretton-Woods Agreement|Bretton Woods Agreement]], the [[Employment Act of 1946]]
Since its inception, CED has promoted policies that its trustees believe will foster American economic growth and development and indirectly benefit the country and people. The organization conducts research and outreach efforts in the U.S. and abroad to change policy at all levels of government. More recently CED has also advocated to increase access to [[pre-kindergarten]] and [[college]], for [[Campaign finance reform in the United States|campaign finance reform]] nationally, for more women in corporate leadership, and for reduced government spending.<ref name="About CED" />{{Better source needed|reason=The current source is insufficiently reliable ([[WP:NOTRS]]).|date=January 2022}}
== Stated aims ==
As of 2022 CED's stated aims are to sustain and promote [[free enterprise]], improve [[education]] and [[health care|healthcare]], reform [[campaign finance in the United States|campaign finance]], enhance [[corporate governance]], and improve the fiscal health of the [[United States]].<ref name="About CED" />
== Reception ==
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== References ==
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== Further reading ==
{{Cite book|last=Schriftgiesser|first=Karl|title=Business Comes of Age. The Story of the Committee for Economic Development and Its Impact Upon the Economic Policies of the United States, 1942-1960|date=1967|publisher=[[Harper and Brothers]]|___location=New York|language=English|oclc=911692573}}
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