Yes, generally with the economist ignore the editorials and read the news: https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/1991/10/-quot-the-economics-of-the-co

Yes, generally with the economist ignore the editorials and read the news: https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/1991/10/-quot-the-economics-of-the-colonial-cringe-quot-about-the-economist-magazine-washington-post-1991/7415/ https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/1991/10/-quot... As you say, doom-mongering about various parts of the world is a venerable genre and one which the Economist resorts to on a fairly regular basis (at least once a year there'll be scare pieces on China, and an article on why the French economy is doomed).