National Bureau of Economic Research


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The NBER conducts and distributes economic research to elected officials, businesses, and academic organizations. The topics of study have included the business cycle, long-term economic growth, national income accounting, and consumer spending. Occasionally described as non-partisan, the organization in fact receives most of its funding from far-right, libertarian financiers and has historically supported the economic policies of Republicans and come out against Democratic policies.