Edward Luce

Edward Luce (born 1 June 1968) is an English journalist and the Financial Times chief US commentator and columnist based in Washington, D.C. Before that he was the Financial Times' Washington bureau chief, and South Asia bureau chief based in New Delhi.[1]

For the American cartoonist, see Ed Luce.

The Honourable

Edward Luce
Luce in 2012
Born (1968-06-01) 1 June 1968
Sussex, England
OccupationAuthor, journalist
NationalityBritish
GenreNon-fiction
SubjectAmerican politics and economics, India
RelativesRichard Luce (father), Sir William Luce (grandfather)
Luce at the Halifax International Security Forum 2017

Education

He completed his secondary education at various boarding schools around Sussex, graduated with a degree in Philosophy, Politics and Economics from New College, Oxford in 1990, and received a post-graduate diploma in newspaper journalism from City University, London.[2][1]

Career

His first job was as a correspondent for The Guardian in Geneva, Switzerland.[3][4] He joined the Financial Times in 1995 and initially reported from the Philippines,[1] after which he took a one-year sabbatical working in Washington, D.C. as speech writer for Lawrence Summers, then U.S. Treasury Secretary (1999–2001) during the Clinton administration.[1][5]

Published works
  • Luce, Edward (January 2011). In Spite of the Gods: The Strange Rise of Modern India. Little, Brown. ISBN 978-0349123462.
  • Luce, Edward (May 2013). Time to Start Thinking: America in the Age of Descent. Grove Press. ISBN 978-0802121431.
  • Luce, Edward (April 2018). The Retreat of Western Liberalism. Grove Press. ISBN 978-0802128195.

Personal

Luce is the son of Rose Helen (Nicholson) and conservative politician Richard Luce.[6] His first cousin is actress Miranda Hart.[1]

References
  1. "Edward Luce". Financial Times.
  2. "Edward Luce - ITIF".
  3. "Edward Luce: Chief US Commentator, Financial Times - CityAge -- Build the Future".
  4. "Edward Luce - The Globalist".
  5. "Myths large and small". The Economist.
  6. http://www.thepeerage.com/p6993.htm#i69929

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