Committee for Economic Development: Difference between revisions

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CED was founded in 1942 by a group of business leaders led by [[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>

In January 2015, the Committee for Economic Development merged with [[The Conference Board]], given the many synergies between the two organizations.<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}}

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