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The Economist
| The Economist | |
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| Location: | London, United Kingdom |
| Type: | Newspaper |
| Year founded: | 1843 |
| Website: | Official website |
The Economist is a London-based newspaper published weekly in the format of a magazine.[1]
On its website, the publication describes its editorial mission: "The Economist has been published since September 1843 to take part 'in a severe contest between intelligence, which presses forward, and an unworthy, timid ignorance obstructing our progress.' This mission continues to guide our coverage: we publish it every week in the newspaper."[1]
Background
The publication provides the following editorial philosophy on its website:
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The Economist has been published since September 1843 to take part 'in a severe contest between intelligence, which presses forward, and an unworthy, timid ignorance obstructing our progress.' This mission continues to guide our coverage: we publish it every week in the newspaper. Our readers expect us to keep them well informed about the world. So each week in print and each day online we provide a carefully selected global mix of stories. Our news priorities are reflected in the sections that we include in the paper every week: these are both geographical (Britain, Europe, the United States, the Americas, China, Asia, Middle East and Africa, International) and thematic (Business, Finance and economics, Science and technology, Books and arts). By systematically sifting news in these categories we aim to ensure that readers miss nothing important. In addition, through leaders, briefings and special reports we strive to identify ideas and trends that will shape global developments—and keep us and our readers engaged in the 'severe contest.' This approach underpins all our editorial output, across digital outputs and sister publications. Our stories offer a distinctive blend of news, based on facts, and analysis, incorporating The Economist’s perspective. We do not attach ourselves to any political party. Our public agenda is liberal in the classical sense. We have supported free trade ever since our foundation in 1843 when we opposed Britain’s corn laws, which sought to keep the price of grain high by limiting imports. We have continued to advocate bold policies in favour of individual freedoms, such as same-sex marriage, assisted dying and legalisation of drugs, regardless of whether they are politically popular, in the belief that the force of argument will eventually prevail.[2] |
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| —The Economist[1] | ||
Presidential race ratings
The Economist began to publish a presidential election forecast in 2020. The model was developed with the assistance of two political scientists from Columbia University, Andrew Gelman and Merlin Heidemanns.[3]
Leadership
As of September 2020, the following individuals were on the board of The Economist:[1]
- Lara Boro, chief executive
- Lord Deighton, non-executive director
- John Elkann, non-executive director
- Eli Goldstein, non-executive director
- Lady Suzanne Heywood, non-executive director
- Diego Piacentini, non-executive director
- Philip Mallinckrodt, non-executive director
- Zanny Minton Beddoes, editor-in-chief
- Mustafa Suleyman, non-executive director
Recent news
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See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 The Economist, "Frequently Asked Questions," accessed September 16, 2020
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ The Economist, "How The Economist presidential forecast works," accessed September 16, 2020
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