Clive Crook
Clive Crook is a Bloomberg View columnist and member of the Bloomberg View editorial board. His column appears on Thursdays. A former chief Washington commentator of the 'Financial Times,' he previously worked at 'The Economist.'
Crook was born in Yorkshire, educated at Bolton School; Magdalen College, Oxford (where he was a foundation scholar); and the London School of Economics. After leaving university he was an official in H.M. Treasury and the Government Economic Service. Crook worked for 20 years at 'The Economist,' variously serving as economics correspondent, Washington correspondent, economics editor and deputy editor. In addition to writing for Bloomberg View, Crook is a senior editor of 'The Atlantic' and a contributing editor of 'National Journal.'
Articles By Clive Crook
Euro Bonds With Strings Are Europe’s Best Way Forward
Whether Greece keeps the euro or abandons it, the European Union must strengthen its defenses against a wider attack on its monetary system, and soon.
The Seeds of the EU’s Crisis Were Sown 60 Years Ago
The arc of Europe’s postwar history is turning toward tragedy. It isn’t just that much of the continent has fallen into a new Great Depression, or that in some countries things will get worse before they get better. It isn’t even that the whole mess was avoidable. It’s that the crisis is dividing Europe along the very lines the European project was intended to erase.
If Greece Quits Euro, Its Ruin Will Be Pointless
The chaos in Greece has resumed and a new election that nobody expects to resolve anything looms. Exasperated European Union officials have begun openly discussing the country’s exit from the euro currency system. This is a grave mistake. Greece’s exit would be no less catastrophic than when the EU called it unthinkable -- and not just for Greece.
Hollande Must Betray His Supporters to Save Them
French voters are deluding themselves if they think the man they just elected president offers a viable alternative to the departing Nicolas Sarkozy.
Liberals Need To Exploit Progress, Not Fight It
Last week I argued that accelerating economic change driven by globalization and information technology ought to make conservatives in the U.S. and Europe rethink some of their ideas. The same goes for liberals.
Conservatives Need Better Blueprint for New Economy
The first priority for governments in the U.S. and Europe is to engineer the fastest possible recovery from the Great Recession -- a job that the European Union, in particular, is bungling. Despite it all, recovery will come, and when it does the world economy is going to look different.
Instagram Deal Reflects Wrenching Structural Change
The U.S. is recovering only slowly from the Great Recession, and right now Europe isn’t recovering at all.
‘Why Nations Fail’ Is Not Quite as Good as They Say
“Why Nations Fail” by Daron Acemoglu and James Robinson is getting lavish praise. Mostly, the book deserves it.
Obama Has Made a Mess of the World Bank Succession
Barack Obama’s decision to nominate Dartmouth College President Jim Yong Kim to head the World Bank has been well received.
U.K. Conservatives Come Up Short in Austerity Experiment
Since 2010 Britain has been a laboratory for an important experiment in economic policy. The question: When economies slump and public borrowing soars, can fiscal restraint speed the recovery? Preliminary findings: No, and whatever made you think it could?
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