The Economist publishes these articles for the same reason it ran an obituary on Martin Tytell[1]. It makes an interesting read, informs people about something

The Economist publishes these articles for the same reason it ran an obituary on Martin Tytell[1]. It makes an interesting read, informs people about something they otherwise would never encounter and helps to broaden, however slightly people's mental models of the world. [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Tytell http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Tytell