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The Economist is lousy. It's just current events. It won't give you the frameworks to understand what's going on, economically or politically. An Economist r
by kingkongrevenge 19y ago
The Economist is lousy. It's just current events. It won't give you the frameworks to understand what's going on, economically or politically. An Economist reader would not have known not to buy a house in the last three years, for example.
- asdflkj 19y agoIt's lousy, but not for the reasons you've listed. A good weekly magazine would be "just current events". But The Economist offers opinions, which are as misguided as those in other publications (such as Newsweek), despite the impressive-sounding diction.