Rob Barnett
ROB BARNETT is an energy expert and senior analyst at Bloomberg Intelligence and has worked for Bloomberg since 2011.
After losing about 75 pounds starting in 2014, he co-authored The Economists’ Diet with his friend Chris Payne. The book chronicles Chris and Rob’s weight-loss struggles and offers practical advice for learning the behaviors of thin people.
In addition to weight loss and dieting, Rob has applied his economic and engineering expertise to myriad problems faced by investors, policy makers, and executives at Fortune 500 companies. For Bloomberg Intelligence, Rob’s research covers the political economy of fossil fuels, energy sector economics, environmental regulation, and the impact of government policy on energy investment decisions. Before joining Bloomberg Intelligence, he was Bloomberg Government's Senior Energy Economist; and previously, he was an Associate Director of Climate Change and Clean Energy at IHS Cambridge Energy Research Associates.
