Bruce Freed: Making Sense of Business, Politics, Government, and Money.

Bruce has been trying to change how businesses spend money to affect elections and policies for 20 years. That seems particularly appropriate today, in mid-spring 2023, at a time when business is either, depending on your viewpoint, caught in a political crossfire or throwing fuel onto the bonfire of American political polarization or perhaps both.

Bruce is the founder and president of CPA, the Center for Political Accountability, the country's leading resource for investors and businesses which want to engage with our democratic institutions responsibly. CPA has established best practices for disclosure, decision-making and board oversight of corporate political spending. With prospects close to nil for governmental action at the national level, this work is more important than ever.

Bruce also co-authored the Conference Board's Hand ...