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| Value for Money | 8.5/10  |
|---|---|
| Overall rating | 9.5/10 |
Full review by
kolin2003
on 22nd Aug 2005
User Rating : 10
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Good Points: Truly worldwide news coverage Editing style allows complex points to be explained in simple language Takes a refreshingly different view to most major news events Mostly news and not adverts, like so many of its competitors
Bad Points: Unashamedely socially liberal and economically capitalist (fine if you agree, but probably really annoying if you don't)
General comments: Truthfully the Economist must be the only "business" magazine that a sane person who isn't a director of a FTSE 100 company can read. It is actually slightly unfair to call it a "business" magazine. About 30% of the weekly content is business news and economics issues, about 60% is world affairs, and about 10% is dedicated to its superb science and technology section.
The Economist has mastered the skill of breaking very difficult issues down into comprehensible articles (or sometimes, just admitting that it can't, usually in the science section). Whilst showing a preference for UK issues, it gives truly global coverage (does any other news magazine devote remotely as much time to central Africa or the Caribbean?). And best of all it is written in an engaging and readable style. And second best of all, it mostly consists of articles, rather than adverts. Like all magazines, one can agree or disagree with much of what they say (another refreshing habit they have is admitting when they were wrong about something), but I find it to have a very refreshing perspective on world events, and far cry from the predictable knee jerk reactions that one gets from other press publications to world events.
kolin2003's review and ratings | 253 words
Review by
Robertx
on 6th Mar 2004
User Rating : 9
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The Economist is a prestigious weekly news magazine. The editorials are highly stimulating and most of the sections offer a view of
-European
-US
-World affairs news.
There are some supplements and the most important analysis that I saw in the Economist was an article on the Euro and the transition to the single currency system.
Robertx's full review | 74 words
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