I agree with both of these, though it is hard for me to read German, so I rarely finish whole articles in SZ. The Economist's ideology has become pretty mundan

I agree with both of these, though it is hard for me to read German, so I rarely finish whole articles in SZ. The Economist's ideology has become pretty mundane, they have drifted left over the years, and while they still defend free markets, they do it from a technocratic almost social-democratic point of view. It should all be very much in line with what blue-state American's already believe, though perhaps from a perspective that is a bit eye-opening.