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I used to enjoy reading the economist, I haven't had a subscription for ten years though.
I am currently getting hit with FB marketing telling me to come back and take a look at it, which I am interested in doing, although I am a bit lost on the pricing structure
225 USD Digital and Print
188 Digital
188 Print
Per Year.
I'm trying to work out why I would pay more for both subscriptions, when they have already produced them both. Surely it costs no more to make a digital version as it will already be made when they print it.
Seems a bit of a rip off.
Is it still worth a read though?
Surely it costs no more to make a digital version as it will already be made when they print it.
Of course there's an extra cost - it doesn't just magic itself onto the internet! Files, formatting, compatibility with devices all need to be checked, hosting needs managing/paid for. Possible extra features online?
If they were just sending you a PDF you may have a point.
^ I assume that is what they do, although I may be mistaken
I assume that is what they do, although I may be mistaken
Multi-device access, plus some exclusive content I think.
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Is it still a decent read though, or are there better alternatives, it was my toilet magazine of choice for years
I don't have it on subscription, as I can't read it fast enough. I don't think it's changed quality in the 15-or-so years I've been buying it reasonably regularly.
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Still pretty good quality, although I don't buy it that often - I find I don't have enough time during the week to read it all, seems like a waste (particularly given the price of single copies in Spain).
I find this rag to be the most arrogant, know-it-all publication since the invention of the magazine. It is the mouthpiece of New World Order economics.
Quirrel - Member
Is it still a decent read though, or are there better alternatives, it was my toilet magazine of choice for years
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I've just taken up a subscription again after a 10 year break, and I'm really enjoying it. The writing is excellent IMHO.
Of all the mags I subscribe to (far too many), it's the one I always grab when I know I'm going to have some downtime during the day. The thing that pleases me the most is that the writing stands alone. It doesn't need a load of design or ****y graphics to make it accessible or appealing. The complete opposite of Wired.
I find this rag to be the most arrogant, know-it-all publication since the invention of the magazine. It is the mouthpiece of New World Order economics.
This. Some bits are good, but it has too much opinion and not enough impartial analysis for my liking.
despite being a big leftie i actually like the Economist. It has a very clear slant but is transparent about it, and it's also politically fairly neutral. It will praise a leftwing party and criticise a RW party equally, in a way that you don't generally find in the papers
A digital and print subby here.
We no longer take a "quality daily" as the quality of the guardian got so shonky. We have "i" everyday with which to absorb coffee and the economist and the spectator sit in the kitchen for something more meaty to chew on. Both the economist and the spectators android apps are superb and I use them on the train. The economist has an audible version embedded too which is nice to close your eyes to when travelling.
This. Some bits are good, but it has too much opinion and not enough impartial analysis for my liking.
Too much opinion! I can never understand this attitude. Surely a well reasoned and justified argument is better? There is no such thing as impartial analysis is there?
....and John Hegarty says you should read it
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Hegarty-Creativity-There-are-Rules/dp/050051724X
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Well worth the investment IMO. As mentioned above, it's not without its biases but they're transparent and acknowledged. It can be a real shock to look at Guardian, Telegraph etc afterwards and see just how biased they are...
It's also concise, you learn in more depth about a wider set of topics with 3 hours of reading TE than you can reading anything else.
I have the full sub - I tend to read the paper copy most but if you download the app, you can read it on the move as well, which is good.
Also well worth reading the comments on the online version, you can learn almost the same again as you did from reading the main article, with some useful alternative viewpoints.
Reading TE at the moment suggests UK consumer confidence, which is currently growing, is misplaced...
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All that said, Business Week is a more entertaining read than the back half of The Economist.
My sub lapsed at the start of the year and I miss it. I'm sure the digital was free when I last paid though - suspect the extra cost is to offset the people who would give away th digital sub to someone else.
It's free market liberal rather than political and much more consistent with it than the right wing press. More than anything it has proper international news which appears in very few other places.
Must subscribe again (though the free weekly highlights give a good taste).
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Depends on your area, £0 PA here 🙂
The Economist?
It's a neoliberal's comic not to be taken too seriously.
As mentioned above, it's not without its biases but they're transparent and acknowledged. It can be a real shock to look at Guardian, Telegraph etc afterwards and see just how biased they are...
I find it hard to believe you didn't previously notice the bias in those two papers!
Anyway, bought this week's TE yesterday, thanks Quirrel for reminding me to do so 🙂
I find this rag to be the most arrogant, know-it-all publication since the invention of the magazine.
A subscriber to all editions here. Great app and paper edition for the loo (for reading). I guess it could be read as arrogant, but I really like the way they're totally upfront about their ideological stance and offer convincing solutions to seemingly intractable problems. Their extended articles are extraordinary well-researched. I'm probably a subscriber for life.
The digital version includes a spoken word recording of all the articles
Paper and digital subscriber many years - hate some of the free market preaching but analysis is great and reporting is pro-active rather than reactive.
The paper edition fits in my musette so I can read something informative on my cafe stops.
The book review section is great and I use it to order books from the local library.
12 week digital subscription UK: £12
12 week digital subscription Switzerland: CHF64 = £41
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Free-market preaching you say...
priced at a level the market will bear, perhaps?
29 quid to pay the translator ?;)
Love hate relationship
Love: writing style and things I don't understand
Hate: their stuff on things that I do understand - often crap!
Friends nearly always stay the same
Other Hate: despite above, it always makes me feel bad that I never read as much as I should!
What @tmh says, I found their writing on what I do understand caused me to doubt the rest. I too had a subscription many years ago but don't bother now. There is not enough in It now to justify the cost and so many other free news sources
It was always private eye getting things very wrong about stuff that I was familiar with that led me to quit their sub as it just made me feel that if they could get something so wrong in one subject I assumed the rest of much of their sensationalism was just as bad if not worse.
Really? I always find that they do a good job in my interest areas. By dint of being journalism it is always too simplified for experts, but much better than the rest.
I follow the Economist on Google+ and they're always posting their articles on there. You don't get them all but it's free !
Outside of subject specific journals, all articles on subjects are generally written by people with no more than a passing knowledge of the field, so if you're an expert on a subject, any article on it written by a mainstream publication will be painful to read.
It is the mouthpiece of New World Order economics.
what is New World Order economics?
teamhurtmore - MemberLove: writing style and things I don't understand
Hate: their stuff on things that I do understand - often crap!
This is basically it, I think it's well crafted but most times when there's a subject I know about, I end up concluding that they're talking abject pish. And quite often it feels intentional/ideological rather than unqualified or mistaken. So I figure it makes sense to assume that the stuff I don't know about is also largely pish. So why bother reading it at all? And then I remember how many people consider it the word of god, and I kind of end up wanting to burn their offices to the ground.
Ironically I like the bits I know are pish, they're thought provoking.
I find that reading the comments online helps you find out which articles are talking pish... or are at least one-sided/ideological
what is New World Order economics?
A tribute band?