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for The Economist

Rating Summary based on 17 reviews

  • 5 Stars
    		14
  • 4 Stars
    		2
  • 3 Stars
    		1
  • 2 Stars
    		0
  • 1 Star
    		0

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  • 99 of 99 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Level 7 D_i_a_n_e

    Member since 15/08/2009

    Reviews written: 311

    5 Stars What do you read? 06/11/2010
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages keeps me informed, interesting topics

    Disadvantages Disadvantages high price tag

    My GP recommended to visit the local swimming pool’s steam room to recover from my nasty cough so I went to the local Sainsbury’s to buy myself a bottle of water and I was tempted to bring something to read. I was wondering where the readable magazines are as I never buy women’s magazines, they are rubbish. I was about to give up when I spotted the last copy of The Economist right above the daily newspapers. I checked the price tag and was surprised that it was on half price offer for 2 pounds only so I bought it. While I was a student at the college and university I used to read Newsweek but ... more
  • 24 of 24 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Level 5 shamis4

    Member since 16/06/2008

    Reviews written: 84

    5 Stars A great magazine (not just for economists!) 15/07/2008
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages useful with a variety of different issues from politics to economics, to world affairs

    Disadvantages Disadvantages A rather big price tage at £3.90 (but a subscriptipn brings massive savings)

    I am currently studying economics at A-level and have throughly enjoyed the subject and found it very interesting on a personal level and particularly as it is key in every business, government and country. I am now looking to read economics at university and it was therefore suggested that i start reading the economist. I have since subscribed to the economist for a year and after having been reading it for a few months now have really enjoyed it. The economist is a magazine (newspaper type thing) that is released on a weekly basis. It comes with a rather large price tag of £3.90, but it ... more
  • 30 of 30 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Dan_ep

    5 Stars The thinker's choice 05/06/2006
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Intelligent, easy to read, broad scope

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Pricey, no celeb news!

    I am a real fan on the Economist magazine, and have now been a subscriber for about 2 years. I first started reading it as a kid, as my family got it, but always found it extremely dull at the time. However, with age and time, I've gradually realised how much of a quality journal it is. It comes out weekly, and find it gives me enough information to make daily newspapers largely redundant, and a lot more info as well. ------------------ OVERVIEW ------------------ Well I have to admit, it doesnt have the most catchy or sexy name, but the Economist isn't all about economics. Its foundations ... more
  • 40 of 40 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    frkurt

    5 Stars A Mozart-Effect CNN in print... 15/02/2003
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Thorough, well-written, engaging, topical

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Subtle bias, less British news now than before

    This is how a friend of mine once described The Economist. This is a newsmagazine par excellence; it is head and shoulders above the rest, and claims (which great justification) to be the newsreporter of the world. ------------------------------ Since its founding by James Wilson in 1843, The Economist has been the world's most enduring and distinguished proponent of free markest and free trade. 'To be sensible without being heavy, to be lively without being silly, to be original without being eccentric,' as editor Geoffrey Gowther stated 50 years ago, has steadfastly been its mission ... more
  • 24 of 24 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Level 4 mystikchick17

    Member since 09/06/2004

    Reviews written: 66

    4 Stars Not just for economists 12/08/2004
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages intelligent, informative, in-depth coverage, well written

    Disadvantages Disadvantages expensive, sometimes too political

    For a teenager, I’ll admit I have rather odd and varied reading tastes. National Geographic isn’t that far off the norm, but when I tell people I’m a huge fan of reading “The Economist,” I get either raised eyebrows or comments on what a peculiar and strangely mature taste in magazines I have. But I don’t see it that way. I have this desire to keep myself constantly informed about what’s happening in the world, because I believe it’s important and the more I know, the more I can make up my own mind about events rather than relying on a single source. If the BBC is my favorite channel on ... more
  • 29 of 29 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    ashford

    5 Stars A Great News Weekly 19/10/2001
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Incisive journalism. Informative. Great writing

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Expensive

    ----------------------------------------​--------------------------------- The Economist published in London is one of the great magazines, and,is arguably the finest weekly news magazine in the world. It certainly has a growing reputation around the world, both for its solid editorial contents,standard of writing and its international coverage.It displays an amazing attention to detail and is far superior,in my opinion,to the likes of Time or Newsweek,its nearest US equivalents. It is not difficult to find the reasons why.I admit to being an economist and thus am open to being biased on ... more
  • 19 of 19 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    WILMA

    5 Stars Not just for nerds 29/03/2001
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages up to date news from around the world

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Price, but subscription is a lot better

    Now I know that for writing this review, I’m going to be classed as a nerd, so in defence I have to say that ‘The Economist’ is a desired reading material, extra to the normal big fat, boring, text books and journals that I’m supposed and expected to read as part of my course. For all of those people who don’t know me, or what I do, I’m a geography student at the University of Plymouth, which has one of the best departments in the country, some very talented and respected lecturers, and a great and useful web site with brilliant links in the geography ... more
  • 15 of 15 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Jimstar

    5 Stars The Economist account written by ex-student 05/08/2001
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages A excellent summary of weekly events, not just in economics, but a vartiety of topics.

    Disadvantages Disadvantages The huge pile of editons you acculmulate as a subscriber!!!

    This article will not try to persuade you to subscribe to The Economist, or give you a detail content break down. It aims to give a first hand account of the services and benefits to which new subscribers (especially students) can expect. I began subscribing to the print edition in my final year at College and have continued to do so throughout University. It was a great way to keep abreast of weekly news, focusing particularly on Business and Politics. Contrary to its title, it does cover a variety of topics from Sciences, Sports, Literature to name a few. Currently, to purchase The Economist ... more
  • 12 of 12 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    roons_y

    5 Stars Not just what is says on the tin 23/04/2001
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Informative, makes you look intelligent on the train

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Pricey at £2.70, contains big words

    OK I'm the first to admit that The Economist magazine isn't the most titillating of reads. Whole editions can go by without the slightest of mentions of S-Club 7 and I can't remember the last time I saw an article on Posh n Becks. That said I'd still suggest that it might be worth putting down Loaded and More just for a couple of hours and giving The Economist a whirl. Every week The Economist gives the low down on what's been going on in the world over the last seven days. The articles are pretty in depth and take some reading, but if something has happened you want to know more about then ... more
  • 11 of 11 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Duncan1

    5 Stars Much more than Economics 20/04/2001
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Very well researched, accurate, well written.The last word on current affairs.

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Sligtly impersonal at times.

    The Economist is a weekly news magazine (although my subscripton tends arrive every two weeks). The Economist does have an economic bias, it is not that all its articles are on economics but rather that all of its articles are written by economists. At the Economist they have perfected the art of writing detailed, well-researched, impartial articles that are completely devoid of any emotion. The economist does not do human interest stories and even the obituaries seem to rather impersonal. (None of the reporters names are ever featured at the bottom of articles giving the impression that the ... more
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