Economist and Businessweek?

[dopcombo]

Just wondering if anyone has any opinions on these 2 magazines?

Thinking of spending some money getting some magazine subscriptions.

 

The Economist is a quality, quality publication. We studied The Economist surveys in my political science class last semester, and I honestly learned a lot from them.

I don't know about BW but I can tell you that The Economist is a great magazine if you're interested in business or politics.

 

[Mill]

FT is good news as well.

 

[nater]

the economist is an extremely conservative publication, just so you know.

 

[dopcombo]

Ah yes, FT, I get that at work.
Reading IHT and AWSJ (Yes, i'm in asia) along with the vernaculars.

But my boss just told me to go read some more stuff so i was thinking of getting those magazines.

Seeking opinions before i pay

And yes, based on what i see, i agree the Economist is somewhat conservative...

 

[Martin]

The Economist seems like a really good magazine. I would get a subscription, but $$$ is in short supply this year

 

[grrl]

I've subscribed to the Economist for about 6 years now and you can't really compare it with Businessweek. The Economist is a weekly news mag that also has articles about business and economics, while Businessweek is mostly (from what the few times I've read it) is full of not terribly interesting business pulp.

It is fairly conservative, but the writing is good and they tend to give wider international coverage than many other news magazines.

Also, one of the great things about the Economist is the subcription will follow you anywhere in the world at no extra charge.

 

[NoReMoRsE]

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[leung324]

economist is the oldest magazine in the world
subscribe it once, then you will have premium access to their website. (my access hasn't expired since last year I subscribed it for 30 issues 2 years ago).
it is expensive...:disgust:

 

[tcsenter]

the economist is an extremely conservative publication, just so you know.

The Economist is hardly a "conservative" publication, let alone "extremely".

The Economist is neither conservative nor liberal. If you had to stuff the Economist into a 'box', the nearest one would be centrist leaning libertarian.

From one issue to the next, you may find the balance of articles are from liberal viewpoints, and in the next issue the balance is from conservative viewpoints. Overall, there is quite a range of viewpoints published on a range of topics touching upon politics, social policy, science, technology, culture, government, etc.

If you meant 'extremely conservative' vis-a-vis 'I'm a far-left radical whose views are so outside the mainstream that the Economist won't publish anything I agree with', then yes the Economist is 'extremely conservative' from where you're sitting.

About The Economist

"It is to the Radicals that The Economist still likes to think of itself as belonging. The extreme centre is the paper's historical position." That is as true today as when Crowther said it in 1955. The Economist considers itself the enemy of privilege, pomposity and predictability. It has backed conservatives such as Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher. It has supported the Americans in Vietnam. But it has also endorsed Harold Wilson and Bill Clinton, and espoused a variety of liberal causes: opposing capital punishment from its earliest days, while favouring penal reform and decolonisation, as well as - more recently - gun control and gay marriage."

Yep, your average 'extreme right wing' publication.