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Publisher: The Economist Newspaper Group, Inc.
Category: Magazine
List Price: $305.49
Buy New: $98.00
You Save: $207.49 (68%)
Avg. Customer Rating:  17 reviews
Sales Rank: 64
Format: Magazine Subscription
Type: Consumer magazine
Subscription Issues: 51
Subscription Length: 12 Months
Issues Per Year: 51
First Issue Lead Time: 4-6 Weeks
ASIN: B00077B7M6
Release Date: November 23, 2001
Availability: Usually ships in 4 to 6 weeks
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| Customer Reviews: Read 12 more reviews...
 For the thinking man September 3, 2007
I'm
not going to pretend that I agree with every word I read in this
publication, but even on topics that I am skeptical of, a very good
case is made. One thing everyone should strive for is to get a better
understanding of the world around them, and there really is no better
place to turn for that understanding than the pages of The Economist.
Everyone should subscribe.
Covering the issues not "sexy" enough for the MSM August 28, 2007
There
must be a veritable university staff writing this august publication.
Each week it is filled with content covering international events,
politics, and business. Though the articles usually tell you what to
think on a given topic, they also provide enough background for you to
form you own judgments. Ideologically the publication is stridently
moderate (from my American perspective), never venturing to the far
right or left. If The Economist could accept various responsible points
of view and give them a voice in their weekly then, 5 Stars.
Required reading for people who want to know things that matter August 14, 2007
I
don't have much to add that hasn't already been said by all the other
reviewers, except to point out that The Economist's readership, unlike
those of Time, Newsweek and U.S. News, has grown more or less steadily
over the last decade. While The Economist has long devoted itself to
straightforwardly reporting serious news and has a plain-Jane layout,
the big-circulation American news magazines allocate more and more
print to lifestyle and entertainment news and more resources into
flashy graphic design. (Time magazine now includes "sigs" or mugshots
of many of its writers -- how self-indulgent is that? The Economist's
articles don't even have bylines.)
Coincidence?
global perspective and informative August 2, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I
started reading the Economist four years ago, basically on my commute
to work. It's a big magazine (usually 95 pages) so it would last me the
whole week. In those four years I greatly increased my knowledge about
the world. Every edition is grouped into categories, such as "The USA"
"Africa & Middle East" "Europe" "Asia" "Finance" "Science" "Arts"
and etc. They have the same format every week so every week you will
have articles on Africa, Asia, South America, Britian, and so forth. If
you read them, or even just skim them, you become well informed on what
is happening in the Congo as well as at home. I look forward to
receiving the Economist every week.
 Too much of one ideology instead of various views on economics, news, and business July 31, 2007
1 out of 4 found this review helpful
I
know that this review is probably going to be rated as not being
helpful. However, I think it is important to plainly state my view.
I
have really enjoyed The Economist whenever I bought it at a newstand or
picked it out of the flight selections. So, I finally went ahead and
purchased a subscription. At first I enjoyed the intellectual exercise
of looking at world events from fresh points of view, however, after
reading several issues I began to see a dissapointingly consistent bias.
I
think the reviewers that note that the magazine is "fair and balanced"
are guilty of wishful thinking. The "world view" of the writers can
accurately be described as "secular humanist".
It began to
bother me that the magazine tries to make it appear that they are
untethered from bias and prejudice. Every author (or human being for
that matter) has a world view shaped by life experience, educational
influences, and ideology. It is absurd and disingenuous to say that we
are above our individual biases, and that our thoughts do not come from
a particular viewpoint. I began to want to know who wrote the
individual articles, so that I could avoid the articles by authors that
I found to be so biased that they were boorish.
Ultimately I
enjoy some aspects of the magazine, just as one would enjoy an unusual
dinner guest. But people begin to get tired of a interesting dinner
guest that overstays their welcome.
The Economist is good for a
read once in a while unless you share their ideology enough to
withstand the consistent push of the secular humanist world view.
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