A Stanford economist says remote work may be powering America's productivity surge. Maxim Konankov/NurPhoto via Getty Images A Stanford professor said working from home may be driving America's productivity boom. Nicholas Bloom said remote work boosts focus, entrepreneurship, and labor participation. As CEOs push RTO mandates, new productivity data strengthens the case for WFH, he said. America has been experiencing a productivity boom for the past five years, and economists are debating what's driving it. Stanford University economics professor and leading remote-work researcher Nicholas Bloom has one theory: remote work is playing a major role. In a LinkedIn post on Tuesday, Bloom shared a recent Economist article examining the sharp rise in US productivity since 2020, noting that this predates the widespread adoption of AI tools. Bloom said working from home has helped lift output across the US economy in ways many executives still underestimate .…