Nathaniel Cline Ph.D.

Nathaniel Cline is associate dean for curricular affairs in the College of Arts and Sciences and an economist specializing in macroeconomics, international political economy, and labor markets.

As associate dean he provides academic leadership across the college, working with faculty and academic programs to strengthen and coordinate the curriculum, and integrate liberal arts with professional knowledge. His work emphasizes building transparent, data-informed processes that support both academic quality and long-term institutional sustainability.

He is also deeply involved in advancing experiential learning as a defining feature of the academic experience through the Core Four initiative, Redlands' distinctive framework integrating undergraduate research, community-engaged learning, study away, and internships. His efforts focus on expanding access to these experiences, embedding them meaningfully within the curriculum, and building consistent reflective practices.

His research spans U.S. and international macroeconomics, including recent work on monetary systems, exchange rate regimes, and the historical foundations of financial stability. His current research agenda increasingly focuses on regional labor markets, with particular attention to youth employment and economic mobility in California’s Inland Empire. 

He teaches courses in macroeconomics, financial systems, econometrics, and data analysis, and is committed to helping students connect economic theory to real-world policy challenges.

• Ph.D., economics, University of Utah
• M.A., economics, University of Utah
• B.A., economics, Earlham College

• Associate dean for curricular affairs, University of Redlands, 2025–present

• Chair, Department of Economics, University of Redlands, 2019–2025

• Associate professor of economics, University of Redlands, 2019–present

• Assistant professor of economics, University of Redlands, 2012–2019

• Consumer Price Index
• Economic history
• International finance
• U.S. macroeconomy

• Cline, N., & Vernengo, M. (2025). The theoretical consequences of Mr. Churchill: Keynes and the return to gold in 1925. Review of Political Economy, 37(4), 1467–1478.
• Cline, N., Fields, D., & Vernengo, M. (2025). International monetary adjustment with and without a global fiscal authority. In H. Patomäki & J. Morgan (Eds.), Deweaponizing interdependence: Bringing the idea of international clearing union into the twenty-first century. Bloomsbury.
• Cline, N., Schönerwald da Silva, C., & Vernengo, M. (2025). Exchange rate arrangements: Fix, float, or manage? In H. Bourgine, L. P. Rochon, & Seccareccia (Eds.), Intermediate macroeconomics. Edward Elgar.
• Perry, N., & Cline, N. (2016). What caused the great inflation moderation in the U.S.? A post-Keynesian view. Review of Keynesian Economics, 4(4), 475–502.
• Cline, N., Ford, K., & Vernengo, M. (2010). Because I said so: The persistence of mainstream economics in policy advice. Journal of Philosophical Economics, 3(2), 97–121.
• Cline, N., & Vernengo, M. (2016). Interest rates, terms of trade, and currency crises: Are we on the verge of a new crisis in the periphery? In A. V. Gevorkyan & O. Canuto (Eds.), Financial deepening and post-crisis development in emerging markets (pp. 41–62). New York: Palgrave Macmillan.
• Cline, N. (2015). Biddle, Nicholas. In L.-P. Rochon & S. Rossi (Eds.), The encyclopedia of central banking (pp. 52–54). Northampton, Massachusetts: Edward Elgar.
• Cline, N. (2015). National Banking Acts. In L.-P. Rochon & S. Rossi (Eds.), The encyclopedia of central banking (pp. 373–374). Northampton, Massachusetts: Edward Elgar.
• Maloney, T. N., & Cline, N. (2013). Inequality in economic history. In R. Whaples & R. E. Parker (Eds.), Routledge handbook of modern economic history (pp. 215–225). New York: Routledge.

• Eastern Economic Association Conference, 2015
• Eastern Economic Association Conference, 2013
• Eastern Economic Association Conference, 2012
• Eastern Economic Association Conference; Western Social Science Association Conference; Western States Graduate Workshop, 2011
• Eastern Economic Association Conference; Western States Graduate Workshop, 2010

• Spatial Community of Practice Grant (with Gregory Thorson and Eric McLaughlin), University of Redlands, 2015–2016
• E. K. Hunt Award for Best Paper in Political Economy, University of Utah, 2009
• Graduate Assistantship Award, University of Utah, 2007–2010

• American Economic Association
• Eastern Economic Association
• National Association for Business Economists