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Given the number of Economist articles that involve this particular stimulant, I'm starting to wonder what their writing pool is up to on Friday nights.
by electronslave 17y ago
Given the number of Economist articles that involve this particular stimulant, I'm starting to wonder what their writing pool is up to on Friday nights.
- noelchurchill 17y agoMaybe they have a good idea of who their target audience is.
- electronslave 17y agoUnhappy middle managers, kids in their early 20s and doctors?
- omouse 17y agoColombian cartels are in the toughest industry in the world. They have to deal with the police, the military, all sorts of government regulations, picky customers that don't stick to a single brand name, and there's no government there to bail you out if you aren't innovative enough! :P
- electronslave 17y agoAhh, realpolitik. The one startup arena where slashing the top of someone's neck so that their tongue hangs out is considered innovative.
- mynameishere 17y agotoughest industry in the world Sounds like someone's never tried smuggling muskets to the Spanish Main.
- brownegg 17y agoIn current events conversations, participants can usefully be divided into "those who read the Economist", and "other." There isn't a better magazine, period. And I'm not a banker, or a Tory. I am just under 40 though.
- gojomo 17y ago"Oooh! Look at me! I read The Economist!" http://web.archive.org/web/20020425102256/http://www.theonion.com/onion3815/counterpoint_space_program.html http://web.archive.org/web/20020425102256/http://www.theonio...
- electronslave 17y agoI think you meant to respond to my downvoted comment. Note that the editors are, in fact, fiscal conservatives for the most part. I had meant to illuminate the coincidence of the downvoted comment's parent mentioning banking. And sure, "those who read the Economist" can be divided yet again into "those who ONLY read the Economist for current events" and "other." It's the new flag lapel pin for the under 40 crowd. Excuse my while I cough politely.
- evgen 17y agoDon't forget the people who claim to read it but really just use it as intellectual bling.
- stse 17y agoTechnology Quarterly in The Economist is great. The magazine "New Scientist" is also quite good.
- hristov 17y agoNot really surprising. If you read the Economist for a while you will discover that it is a magazine that is exclusively dedicated to the protection of the interests of large banks and hedge funds. So it is not surprising that the journalists are friends with a bunch of bankers. And everyone knows bankers love coke.
- electronslave 17y agoWell, it's a Tory magazine for the under-40 crowd. I don't know if that makes it banking-only, but given that banking is the big traditional industry in the UK, sure, I'll bite. (Incidentally, I don't seem to mind as much when they have a pot-directed story.)
- hristov 17y agoI was not really referring to the intended audience but to the editorial direction. If you pay attention, their editorials (and even their articles) are almost exclusively in favor of the big international banks and various large investment interests. I am not calling them corrupt maybe it is just their philosophy but, that is a fact.
- Perceval 17y agoThey may not even be indulging deliberately: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/3325948/The-Thames-awash-with-cocaine.html http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/3325948/The-Thames-aw...