The Economist 2024 Volume 453 №9426 December 7

London: The Economist Newspaper Ltd. — 73 p. — ISSN 0013-0613.The Economist is a global weekly magazine written for those who share an uncommon interest in being well and broadly informed. Each issue explores the close links between domestic and international issues, business, politics, finance, current affairs, science, technology and the arts."It is not only The Economist's name that people find baffling. Here are some other common questions.First, why does it call itself a newspaper? Even when The Economist incorporated the Bankers' Gazette and Railway Monitor from 1845 to 1932, it also described itself as "a political, literary and general newspaper".It still does so because, in addition to offering analysis and opinion, it tries in each issue to cover the main events — business and political — of the week. to press on Thursdays and, printed simultaneously in six countries, is available in most of the world's main cities the following day or soon after. Readers everywhere get the same editorial matter The running order of the sections. cover, also differ. But the words are the same, except that each week readers in Britain get a few extra pages devoted to British news.