Very much agree with this point but for a different reason -- reading The Economist might be nice to get your feet wet with business/markets/investment-oriented

Very much agree with this point but for a different reason -- reading The Economist might be nice to get your feet wet with business/markets/investment-oriented thinking, but the vast majority of the stories you read in there are just not going to be relevant. Cocoa tariffs in some far flung place that are influencing the price of hot chocolate just aren't going to be relevant to your database SaaS, though it's certainly an interesting article, and that's the kind of interesting but not really relevant article that the economist often has. Also, generally the Financial Times is the better standard for strictly business related journalism AFAIK, maybe they're neck-in-neck. Spending 30 minutes to learn from someone in your field about how to get your next lead or which part of the internet you should be advertising to is a much better use of your time.