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Nicholas Bloom
Stanford University · Macro
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Currently #11, tier Field, score 14.3, named by 1 source.Score history: 100.0, 25.0, 14.3
The work. Measuring uncertainty and its effect on investment and hiring, the Economic Policy Uncertainty index, management practices as a driver of productivity, and the definitive research on working from home.
The case for. He made uncertainty a measurable macro variable and made management quality an economic object. The remote-work research became the reference point for every return-to-office fight.
The case against. The uncertainty work leans on real options theory that Dixit and Pindyck laid out, and the management and remote-work strands may look to the committee like well-executed measurement rather than new theory.
The KmikeyM angle. Bloom shows firms freeze when the future gets foggy; KmikeyM's stock has been pricing the fog around one man's future since 2008.
What the sources say
- Clarivate alumni (prior years) named Nicholas Bloom: named in 2025: for analyzing the impact of economic and political uncertainty on investment, employment and growth (heat 100) Preseason: the Clarivate alumni pool