Clive Crook

Clive Crook is a senior editor of The Atlantic and a columnist for Bloomberg View. He was the Washington columnist for the Financial Times, and before that worked at The Economist for more than 20 years, including 11 years as deputy editor. Crook writes about the intersection of politics and economics. More

Crook writes about the intersection of politics and economics.

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Issue November 2010

David Cameron

Issue January/February 2009

Small World

Market crashes are inevitable, but financial innovation and globalization have massively increased our vulnerability to them. Unless we make big regulatory changes—changes on a global scale—we should prepare for more years like this one.

Issue July/August 2008

Renting

Issue July/August 2008

The Return of Regulation

Issue April 2008

Sins of Emission

Kyoto was a sham and a failure—so how has it become a model for future anti-warming efforts?

The End of the American Exception

Economically speaking, America could soon be more European than Europe

Oil Shocks

Clive Crook warns that it may soon be time to panic about the price of oil

Issue December 2007

Housebound

Why homeownership may be bad for America

Issue October 2007

Beyond Belief

Some economists are beginning to doubt the benefits of free trade. What’s wrong with them?

Issue September 2007

Cashing Out

Is private equity just another bubble, or a sign of sickness in America’s public stock markets?

Beyond Trade Adjustment Assistance

Workers who lose their jobs because of trade are no more deserving than workers whose jobs disappear for other reasons.

How Rove Charmed a Clinton Crowd

The real star of the show at last week's Aspen Ideas Festival wasn't Bill Clinton. It was Karl Rove.

Fact and Fiction in Health Care Reform

The crux of health care reform is to give consumers real choices. This can happen only if employers are largely taken out of the equation.

Issue June 2007

Rags to Rags, Riches to Riches

Maybe it’s time to stop calling America the “land of opportunity.”

Still Baffled by Immigration

The immigration deal will not work, and it's hard to believe that the Senate negotiators honestly think otherwise.

The Baffling Politics of Immigration

Disagreement over immigration cuts through every ideological alignment, setting brother against brother, and activist against activist.

Issue May 2007

When the Buck Stops

The age of the dollar has been great for America—but it may end soon.

Issue May 2007

The Skeleton Coast

A safari by air over Namibia’s haunting sands

A Small Scandal and a Big Question

Paul Wolfowitz has only made things worse at the World Bank. He has irretrievably lost control.

Mistaking a Miracle for a Crisis

We are witnessing a transformation of the world economy. The implications of the upheaval are not widely appreciated or understood.

The Biggest Story in Photos

Protests Spread Across Brazil

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