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Gaither Report: Report of the Study for the Ford Foundation on Policy and Program







PROGRAM AREA THREE: THE STRENGTHENING OF THE ECONOMY

THE FORD FOUNDATION SHOULD SUPPORT ACTIVITIES DESIGNED TO ADVANCE THE ECONOMIC WELL-BEING OF PEOPLE EVERYWHERE AND TO IMPROVE ECONOMIC INSTITUTIONS FOR THE BETTER REALIZATION OF DEMOCRATIC GOALS.

The Foundation should support activities directed toward:

  • The achievement of a growing economy characterized by high output, the highest possible level of constructive employment, and a minimum of destructive instability.

  • The achievement of a greater degree of equality of economic opportunity for individuals.

  • The improvement of the structure, procedures, and administration of our economic organizations: business firms, industries, labor unions, and others.

  • The achievement of more satisfactory labor-management relations.

  • The attainment of that balance between freedom and control in our economic life which will most effectively serve the well-being of our entire society.

  • The improvement of the standard of living and the economic status of peoples throughout the world.

  • Raising the level of economic understanding of the citizens of the nation.