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I don't read it regularly, but The Economist is a great source that covers pretty much every corner of the world. In fact I don't subscribe because its just a f

I don't read it regularly, but The Economist is a great source that covers pretty much every corner of the world. In fact I don't subscribe because its just a firehose, and I just can't keep up with the internal squabbling of parties all over the world. I went to check to see if its available online- even via my local library, but it seems The Economist was pulled from major online sites around 2023 due to their pricing model. So I can't verify if this was covered. That said, what information has trickled out points to this being a big surprise, so there may not have been storm clouds brewing that could have foretold this. Edit: Got past the paywall on the site and did a search and there appears to be no articles published that would have predicted an issue like this: https://www.economist.com/search?q=south+korea&sort=date&page=1 https://www.economist.com/search?q=south+korea&sort=date&pag...

carabiner 2y ago
Related: 'The Economist' To Halt Production For Month To Let Readers Catch Up https://theonion.com/the-economist-to-halt-production-for-month-to-let-reade-1819572565/ https://theonion.com/the-economist-to-halt-production-for-mo... I can't imagine reading every issue cover to cover unless it's really relevant to your work.
- lenocinor 2y ago
  I’ve been reading most articles in The Economist every week for 20 years. It’s not really relevant to my work. I don’t read every article thoroughly, though. There are some I don’t mind skimming, some I usually skip that are speculation about the future, and also when you’re up to date sometimes articles contain redundant info to bring relative newcomers up to speed. It certainly has issues in the depth of its coverage, the simplistic endings of its articles, occasional culture war snipes, and lots of other stuff. It’s far from perfect. But for my money it’s still the best general world news source out there, and I check most of them out regularly. I have so many conversations with coworkers and people I meet about their home countries that I just couldn’t without reading The Economist.

carabiner 2y ago

Related: 'The Economist' To Halt Production For Month To Let Readers Catch Up https://theonion.com/the-economist-to-halt-production-for-month-to-let-reade-1819572565/ https://theonion.com/the-economist-to-halt-production-for-mo... I can't imagine reading every issue cover to cover unless it's really relevant to your work.

lenocinor 2y ago
I’ve been reading most articles in The Economist every week for 20 years. It’s not really relevant to my work. I don’t read every article thoroughly, though. There are some I don’t mind skimming, some I usually skip that are speculation about the future, and also when you’re up to date sometimes articles contain redundant info to bring relative newcomers up to speed. It certainly has issues in the depth of its coverage, the simplistic endings of its articles, occasional culture war snipes, and lots of other stuff. It’s far from perfect. But for my money it’s still the best general world news source out there, and I check most of them out regularly. I have so many conversations with coworkers and people I meet about their home countries that I just couldn’t without reading The Economist.