Nathan Converse
@nathanecon.bsky.social
Economist living in DC. CEA alumn. Working on international macro and finance, capital flows to emerging markets. Dabble in applied econometrics. I go to shows and bike to work.
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j. edgar hoover is looking up from hell and screaming about this outfit. i think the guy could probably look past a nonwhite as director of the fbi. but dressing like shit? that is a bridge too far for hoover.
November 9, 2025 at 12:33 AM
j. edgar hoover is looking up from hell and screaming about this outfit. i think the guy could probably look past a nonwhite as director of the fbi. but dressing like shit? that is a bridge too far for hoover.
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“D.C. is a city of people who really care about things... I think it's a really incredible city to try and launch something like this in.”
@thefulcrum-us.bsky.social interviewed our co-founder @abigailhiggins.bsky.social — among others — for this piece about how community fuels our team's work:
@thefulcrum-us.bsky.social interviewed our co-founder @abigailhiggins.bsky.social — among others — for this piece about how community fuels our team's work:
Community is Keeping this Young News Outlet Alive
The 51st owes its success to reader support and input
thefulcrum.us
November 7, 2025 at 6:10 PM
“D.C. is a city of people who really care about things... I think it's a really incredible city to try and launch something like this in.”
@thefulcrum-us.bsky.social interviewed our co-founder @abigailhiggins.bsky.social — among others — for this piece about how community fuels our team's work:
@thefulcrum-us.bsky.social interviewed our co-founder @abigailhiggins.bsky.social — among others — for this piece about how community fuels our team's work:
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Accessible to all! ...my paper in Journal of Econ Perspectives on World Bank's 1993 East Asian "Miracle" report ("Too Much A Product of Its TIme?") (www.aeaweb.org/full_issue.p...). @cgdev.org @mclem.org @arvind2011.bsky.social @justsand.bsky.social
www.aeaweb.org
November 6, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Accessible to all! ...my paper in Journal of Econ Perspectives on World Bank's 1993 East Asian "Miracle" report ("Too Much A Product of Its TIme?") (www.aeaweb.org/full_issue.p...). @cgdev.org @mclem.org @arvind2011.bsky.social @justsand.bsky.social
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36 years ago
No Control is the fourth album by American punk rock band Bad Religion, released November 1989 through Epitaph Records.
#punk #punks #punkrock #nocontrol #badrelegion #history #punkrockhistory
No Control is the fourth album by American punk rock band Bad Religion, released November 1989 through Epitaph Records.
#punk #punks #punkrock #nocontrol #badrelegion #history #punkrockhistory
November 8, 2025 at 4:05 AM
36 years ago
No Control is the fourth album by American punk rock band Bad Religion, released November 1989 through Epitaph Records.
#punk #punks #punkrock #nocontrol #badrelegion #history #punkrockhistory
No Control is the fourth album by American punk rock band Bad Religion, released November 1989 through Epitaph Records.
#punk #punks #punkrock #nocontrol #badrelegion #history #punkrockhistory
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all of this is also true for sexism. you tell me you think women are biologically less smart and i’ll suspect that i could probably convince you to drink your own piss
November 7, 2025 at 9:01 PM
all of this is also true for sexism. you tell me you think women are biologically less smart and i’ll suspect that i could probably convince you to drink your own piss
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apropos james watson’s death i had an idle thought today about how stupid race/iq stuff sounds. “buh if your skin is darker you are biologically less smart” is a thing only a dumbass can believe
November 7, 2025 at 8:53 PM
apropos james watson’s death i had an idle thought today about how stupid race/iq stuff sounds. “buh if your skin is darker you are biologically less smart” is a thing only a dumbass can believe
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Seeing a worrying trend in the economics of money laundering literature where publications are coming out where authors have either severely misunderstood or are misrepresenting the policy variation they are exploiting
It seems like editors don't know any better and aren't finding referees who do
It seems like editors don't know any better and aren't finding referees who do
November 7, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Seeing a worrying trend in the economics of money laundering literature where publications are coming out where authors have either severely misunderstood or are misrepresenting the policy variation they are exploiting
It seems like editors don't know any better and aren't finding referees who do
It seems like editors don't know any better and aren't finding referees who do
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Really impressive IMF Mundell-Fleming Lecture by Ricardo Reis on financial repression. A methodological takeaway: the continued usefulness of Harberger Triangles in economic analysis (he mentioned in Q&A the use of Chicago price theory in his lecture). www.youtube.com/watch?v=iS7o...
2025 Mundell-Fleming Lecture on “Financial Repression in the 21st Century”
YouTube video by IMF
www.youtube.com
November 7, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Really impressive IMF Mundell-Fleming Lecture by Ricardo Reis on financial repression. A methodological takeaway: the continued usefulness of Harberger Triangles in economic analysis (he mentioned in Q&A the use of Chicago price theory in his lecture). www.youtube.com/watch?v=iS7o...
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Thinking only of Rosalind Franklin today, and what was stolen from her (and so many other female scientists alongside her).
Rosalind Franklin and the damage of gender harassment
Spurred by a recent report on sexual harassment in academia, our columnist revisits a historical case and reflects on what has changed—and what hasn’t
www.science.org
November 7, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Thinking only of Rosalind Franklin today, and what was stolen from her (and so many other female scientists alongside her).
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on.ft.com/49dRS9z Non-bank lenders may be fair-weather friends
Check out this piece @financialtimes.com where we discuss our recent research on nonbank lending during crises
Check out this piece @financialtimes.com where we discuss our recent research on nonbank lending during crises
Non-bank lenders may be fair-weather friends
Research shows they don’t just retreat in a crisis — they run for the exit
on.ft.com
November 7, 2025 at 9:34 PM
on.ft.com/49dRS9z Non-bank lenders may be fair-weather friends
Check out this piece @financialtimes.com where we discuss our recent research on nonbank lending during crises
Check out this piece @financialtimes.com where we discuss our recent research on nonbank lending during crises
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Adjunct’s Law: there is never money for your raise or health benefits but there is always money for bullshit
November 7, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Adjunct’s Law: there is never money for your raise or health benefits but there is always money for bullshit
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Suriname / $1.6bn bond issuance offering document. The Use of Proceeds statement is convoluted (it's usually two sentences about "general budgetary purposes") -- the feature here being establishment of a Debt Service Prefunding Account.
www.luxse.com/pdf-viewer/1...
www.luxse.com/pdf-viewer/1...
November 7, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Suriname / $1.6bn bond issuance offering document. The Use of Proceeds statement is convoluted (it's usually two sentences about "general budgetary purposes") -- the feature here being establishment of a Debt Service Prefunding Account.
www.luxse.com/pdf-viewer/1...
www.luxse.com/pdf-viewer/1...
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Greg Graffin, of Bad Religion, turns 61 today.
📸 JSP at Sea Hear Now Festival 2019
#PunkRock #MusicPhotography
@punkrockhistory.bsky.social
📸 JSP at Sea Hear Now Festival 2019
#PunkRock #MusicPhotography
@punkrockhistory.bsky.social
November 6, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Greg Graffin, of Bad Religion, turns 61 today.
📸 JSP at Sea Hear Now Festival 2019
#PunkRock #MusicPhotography
@punkrockhistory.bsky.social
📸 JSP at Sea Hear Now Festival 2019
#PunkRock #MusicPhotography
@punkrockhistory.bsky.social
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Really useful new paper by Dany Bahar @cgdev.org. Venezuelans comprise 2.5% of the population in Ecuador but only 1.3% of detentions. Most crimes are also non-violent and economically motivated, given many Venezuelans lack legal status.
www.cgdev.org/publication/...
www.cgdev.org/publication/...
Data Against Fear: What the Numbers Say About Venezuelan Migrants and Crime in Ecuador
To devise and design all immigration policy solely through the lens of crime—particularly as part of broader efforts to combat gangs—is misguided and likely to be ineffective. Instead, policy should f...
www.cgdev.org
November 3, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Really useful new paper by Dany Bahar @cgdev.org. Venezuelans comprise 2.5% of the population in Ecuador but only 1.3% of detentions. Most crimes are also non-violent and economically motivated, given many Venezuelans lack legal status.
www.cgdev.org/publication/...
www.cgdev.org/publication/...
Flash back to the time a young lawyer with the same name sent me a panicked email because SSRN had attributed his law review articles to me and shut down his profile.
Having a unique ORCID identifier is one way for academics to distinguish themselves from other researchers with the same name, but a far simpler solution would be for the bigger one to consume the smaller one.
November 4, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Flash back to the time a young lawyer with the same name sent me a panicked email because SSRN had attributed his law review articles to me and shut down his profile.
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the bathroom thing is worse than tearing out the east wing sorry
November 1, 2025 at 12:22 AM
the bathroom thing is worse than tearing out the east wing sorry
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Happy Halloween 🪦
Gravediggaz - Nowhere to Run, Nowhere to Hide (Explicit)
YouTube video by UPROXX
www.youtube.com
October 31, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Happy Halloween 🪦
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Anti-LGBTQ resolutions aka "LGBT-free zones" in Poland have increased residents’ intentions to migrate, both within the country and abroad. Together with @paweladrjan.bsky.social, we use unique data on all clicks on the global job site Indeed.
Link: docs.iza.org/dp18217.pdf
Main findings ⬇️
1/7
Link: docs.iza.org/dp18217.pdf
Main findings ⬇️
1/7
October 31, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Anti-LGBTQ resolutions aka "LGBT-free zones" in Poland have increased residents’ intentions to migrate, both within the country and abroad. Together with @paweladrjan.bsky.social, we use unique data on all clicks on the global job site Indeed.
Link: docs.iza.org/dp18217.pdf
Main findings ⬇️
1/7
Link: docs.iza.org/dp18217.pdf
Main findings ⬇️
1/7
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Our generation’s Virginia Woolf typing out a social media ad that says “it’s giving GIVING: gobble up these turkey day discounts” and throwing herself in the east river
October 31, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Our generation’s Virginia Woolf typing out a social media ad that says “it’s giving GIVING: gobble up these turkey day discounts” and throwing herself in the east river
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Did Mamdani turn out this way because his dad is Mahmood Mamdani and his mom is Mira Nair or is it because of four years at Bowdoin, where Mahmood Mamdani and Mira Nair are almost certainly on several syllabi
News at 11
News at 11
October 29, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Did Mamdani turn out this way because his dad is Mahmood Mamdani and his mom is Mira Nair or is it because of four years at Bowdoin, where Mahmood Mamdani and Mira Nair are almost certainly on several syllabi
News at 11
News at 11
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New at JIE: "The macroeconomic cost of temperature risk" by Piergiorgio Alessandri, Haroon Mumtaz
doi.org/10.1016/j.ji...
doi.org/10.1016/j.ji...
October 29, 2025 at 5:58 PM
New at JIE: "The macroeconomic cost of temperature risk" by Piergiorgio Alessandri, Haroon Mumtaz
doi.org/10.1016/j.ji...
doi.org/10.1016/j.ji...
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Sorry but 'let's get Dan Brown in here' is better than any joke I could make about Weiss booking guests
Lmao what (from today's Breaker newsletter)
October 29, 2025 at 1:34 AM
😂😂😂
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The World Bank plans to reform its research structure—but @charlesjkenny.bsky.social and @eeshani.bsky.social warn the changes could undermine its ability to deliver rigorous, independent analysis free from client or internal pressure.
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https://go.cgdev.org/43vNSgK
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https://go.cgdev.org/43vNSgK
The World Bank Group Reorganization: A Retreat from Research Quality?
A recent PowerPoint presentation presents the outline for the institutional structure of “The WBG Knowledge Bank.” But a knowledge bank owes it to its stakeholders impartial and transparent considerat...
go.cgdev.org
October 28, 2025 at 3:46 PM
The World Bank plans to reform its research structure—but @charlesjkenny.bsky.social and @eeshani.bsky.social warn the changes could undermine its ability to deliver rigorous, independent analysis free from client or internal pressure.
More ⬇️
https://go.cgdev.org/43vNSgK
More ⬇️
https://go.cgdev.org/43vNSgK
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bullet in US-jpn fact sheet
“Japan will pursue new sanctions frameworks to target vessels linked to shadow fleets and disrupt shadow fleet activity in close coordination with the United States and G7 partners.” 🤔 is US back on shadow fleet enforcement?
www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/...
“Japan will pursue new sanctions frameworks to target vessels linked to shadow fleets and disrupt shadow fleet activity in close coordination with the United States and G7 partners.” 🤔 is US back on shadow fleet enforcement?
www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/...
Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Drives Forward Billions in Investments from Japan
EXPANDING THE U.S. INDUSTRIAL BASE AND SECURING OUR SUPPLY CHAINS: Today in Tokyo, President Donald J. Trump announced major projects advancing Japan's
www.whitehouse.gov
October 28, 2025 at 3:22 PM
bullet in US-jpn fact sheet
“Japan will pursue new sanctions frameworks to target vessels linked to shadow fleets and disrupt shadow fleet activity in close coordination with the United States and G7 partners.” 🤔 is US back on shadow fleet enforcement?
www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/...
“Japan will pursue new sanctions frameworks to target vessels linked to shadow fleets and disrupt shadow fleet activity in close coordination with the United States and G7 partners.” 🤔 is US back on shadow fleet enforcement?
www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/...
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Good bloomberg report on the Investment piece of the US-korea deal- and how it is exacerbating capital flows
Notable how different all of the investment agreements seem to be across different US partners. Another example of decentralized US sov wealth?
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Notable how different all of the investment agreements seem to be across different US partners. Another example of decentralized US sov wealth?
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Trump Sparks Korean Capital Flight With $350 Billion Demand
Kim Ji-yeon is so worried about South Korea’s currency that she’s moving all the money she can into US stocks and gold. A key reason: Korea’s pledge to invest $350 billion in the US, a figure that has...
www.bloomberg.com
October 28, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Good bloomberg report on the Investment piece of the US-korea deal- and how it is exacerbating capital flows
Notable how different all of the investment agreements seem to be across different US partners. Another example of decentralized US sov wealth?
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Notable how different all of the investment agreements seem to be across different US partners. Another example of decentralized US sov wealth?
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...