The Economist

The Economist: Want to know what is going on? (228 words)
by Aprumem - written on 03.02.08 (Useful, 71 readings)
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The Economist is one of the longest newspapers in UK. It is actually a newspaper and not a magazine, or at least it is still registered as such. What The Economist aims to bring its readers every week is a general overview of the world economy. The articles you find are well written and most of them do not have the name of the journalist. This is because the publisher insist on the same writing style to be applied across the different journalists. This means that they have to give the 2 sides of each story and try to be descriptive and not politically involved. In my opinion they achieve this important goal quite well and I would not be ...

Is The Economist good for you? (179 words)
by MGREG - written on 20.01.08 (Useful, 79 readings)
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I read The Economist at work since we receive few copies in our department. I nick some of the previous week copies when I feel like reading it. The Economist comes out every week and it si not only about economy. There are nice sections on books, on politics, and finance. What I like most about The Economist is the way it is written. Since English is not my mother tongue language and is the 3rd language I use in London I like to practise and learn new words. Most articles on The Economist are written by journalists who do not sign them. This gives the magazine a unique flavour. They always try to depict the 2 sides of each ...

The Economist: Do you care about economy? (214 words)
by Paskuda - written on 07.04.08 (Useful, 39 readings)
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Let me start by saying that I would recommend The Economist to most people, but for me, it is not worth not only buying it, but also reading it! A paradox? A Contradiction in terms? Well, The Economist is very well written and covers mainly Economy and social affairs and business. Most of the articles do not display the name of the author, the publications comes up once a week, costs 3.25 in UK and is still registered as a newspaper. It contains up to date facts abouot politic, and macro economy. I would surely recommend it to ANYONE who is NOT working in finance. I work in finance and for me The Economist is probably a bit too old, since ...