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.