America’s productivity boom started before AI, and a Stanford economist who decoded the Great Resignation says working from home is the reason why
- Posted on May 15, 2026
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America’s productivity boom started before AI, and a Stanford economist who decoded the Great Resignation says working from home is the reason why
National data show “a clear post-2020 surge in productivity growth exactly when WFH ramped up,” said Stanford economist Nicholas Bloom.
