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I read the Economist for over a decade growing up. It was a great way to learn about the world, who was in power where, and the challenges facing economies at t

I read the Economist for over a decade growing up. It was a great way to learn about the world, who was in power where, and the challenges facing economies at the time. I found their exposition to be pretty good given the fact they were restricted to a few pages for important events. However, their proposed solutions were always the same. More market freedom, etc. I did feel with the change in editorial direction a while back that they lost some of their edge. I've since mostly just stuck to the Financial Times. It feels less worldly, but the content of the articles feels better.

doodlesarefun 2mo ago
Less worldly, how so? Been considering an FT sub.
red-iron-pine 2mo ago
"you know what would fix this problem? put the Torys in charge and let them privatize everything" -- essentially their refrain that said, they gave generally good briefs about topics but I found whenever it was anything I knew about they tended to be fairly one-sided. Often they'd acknowledge the other view, in half a paragraph, and then immediately ignore the entire argument and keep on harping about whatever their particular axe to grind was. having it around did help literacy in high school I guess.