It's not coming from Stanford. It's coming from three economists -- Barrero, Bloom, and Davis -- only one of whom is at Stanford, Bloom. Barrero is at ITAM in Mexico, and Davis is at Chicago (he does have an affiliation with Hoover).

It should go without saying that a single professor does not speak for Stanford, or vice versa. For all we know everyone else at Stanford thinks Bloom is an idiot.