Business Roundtable Established as Corporate Policy Coordination Body

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Formation of the Business Roundtable by CEOs of major corporations like Alcoa and General Electric to coordinate political strategy and policy advocacy. Founded by John D. Harper (Alcoa) and Fred Borch (GE), the organization was created to resist union power, counter growing corporate regulation, and provide a unified voice for large corporations in public policy discussions.

Key Actors

John D. Harper Fred Borch Roger Blough Thomas Murphy Irving Shapiro Clifford Garvin

Tags

capture-cascade blueprint business-roundtable corporate-coordination powell-memo lobbying systematic-corruption

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