Clive Crook (Against the Motion) is a Bloomberg View columnist and writes editorials on economics, finance and politics. Prior to this, he served as a senior editor at The Atlantic, and as the chief Washington commentator for Financial Times.  He worked for more than 20 years at The Economist, as economics correspondent, Washington correspondent, economics editor, and deputy editor.  In that last role he guided the magazine’s editorial line across its interests in business, politics, and international relations. He previously served as an official in the British finance ministry and the Government Economic Service.