Biography

Daniel Altman is an economist and internationally bestselling author. He is the creator of the Baseline Profitability Index, a tool for assessing the attractiveness of investing in markets around the world. He is also the author of High Yield Economics, a free weekly newsletter on LinkedIn with thousands of subscribers.

Daniel was most recently the chief economist at Instawork, an online labor market for hourly work. He was also the head of strategy for Kaplan-Levien Sports Group and the founder of smarterscout, an online scouting platform for soccer that was acquired by Vantage FC in 2023.

Daniel previously wrote economic commentary on the staffs of The Economist, Foreign Policy, and The New York Times, where he was one of the youngest-ever members of the editorial board. He also published articles on soccer analytics online for The New Yorker. In between stints as a journalist, he was an economic advisor in the British government.

Daniel was born in Connecticut and received his doctorate in economics from Harvard University. He formerly served as an adjunct associate professor of economics at New York University's Stern School of Business, where he taught long-term macroeconomic forecasting and sports analytics. He was a term member of the Council on Foreign Relations and the expert advisory board at Dalberg Global Development Advisors, where he was the first director of thought leadership. He has lived and worked on four continents and is a citizen of the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom.