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{{Infobox organization
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|abbreviation = CED
|formation = 1942
|type = [[Think tank]] [[nonprofit organization]]
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|website = [http://www.ced.org www.ced.org]
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The '''Committee for Economic Development of The Conference Board''' ('''CED''') is
== 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 Isn't as Unlikely as It Sounds|url=https://fortune.com/2019/05/30/capitalism-democratic-socialists/|access-date=2022-01-30|website=[[Fortune (magazine)|Fortune]]|language=en}}</ref>
In January 2015, the Committee for Economic Development merged with [[The Conference Board]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|title=The Conference Board to Merge with the Committee for Economic Development|url=https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/the-conference-board-to-merge-with-the-committee-for-economic-development-300020593.html|access-date=2022-01-30|website=[[PR Newswire]]|language=en}}</ref>{{Better source needed|reason=The current source is insufficiently reliable ([[WP:NOTRS]]).|date=January 2022}} Both are non-partisan, non-lobbying, and have trustees drawn mainly from the business community.{{Citation needed|date=January 2022}}
== Work ==
The CED has been credited with helping to create the [[Bretton-Woods Agreement|Bretton Woods Agreement]], the [[Employment Act of 1946]] (and therefore the [[Council of Economic Advisers]] and the [[Joint Economic Committee]]) and the [[Marshall Plan]].<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":0" />
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" />
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The organization has been called "the capitalists who cared enough about the system to save it."<ref name=":0" />
== References ==
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{{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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