Economist
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The Economist is an English-language weekly news and international affairs publication owned by "The Economist Newspaper Ltd" and edited in London. It has been in continuous publication since James Wilson established it in September 1843. As of summer 2007, its average circulation topped 1.2 million copies a week, about half of which are sold in North America. Consequently it is often seen as a transatlantic (as opposed to solely British) news source. The aim of The Economist is "to take part in a severe contest between intelligence, which presses forward, and an unworthy, timid ... More » (Source: Wikipedia)
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Very large audience (1M or more) (English)
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International
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Economist Group | private_corporation | Managers: John Micklethwait
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London, United Kingdom
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Ezra Fox
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Sep 18, 2007 - 3:14 PM PDT
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Lexington: Farmers v greens
In the Senate, however, every state gets exactly two votes. Sparsely-populated states are thus hugely over-represented: senators representing a mere 11% of America’s ...Posted by Dwight Rousu -
The G20 summit: Regaining their balance
The last time the leaders of the Group of Twenty (G20) met, in London in April, their unenviable task was to steer the world economy away from a 1930s-style depression. They ...Posted by Derek Hawkins -
Barack Obama and free trade: Economic vandalism
You can be fairly sure that when a government slips an announcement out at nine o’clock on a Friday night, it is not proud of what it is doing. That is one of the only ...Posted by Fabrice Florin -
Missile defence in Europe: Pie in the sky
Maybe some jam tomorrow, but none today. That is the American message to its most stalwart allies in the ex-communist world as Barack Obama’s administration shelves plans to ... -
A year after Lehman Brothers collapsed: The promised bland
“THIS sucker could go down.” George Bush’s verdict during the worst of the financial crisis a year ago was crude but penetrating. Barack Obama, delivering a speech in ...Posted by Derek Hawkins -
Green policies: Sacre vert!
WHAT is small, French and green? President Nicolas Sarkozy, who proposed on Thursday September 10th a tax on carbon-emitting sources of fuel. If it goes ahead, 17 euros ($25) ...Posted by Derek Hawkins -
Free speech for me, but not for thee
HILLARY: THE MOVIE” is unwatchable. From the first frame, it presents a dreary caricature of Hillary Clinton as a power-crazed harpy with no redeeming qualities. She is ...Posted by Derek Hawkins -
Israel and the West Bank: Prepare to freeze
THE Israeli government’s approval this week of 455 new housing units in the West Bank settlements was announced with a wink and a nod, and seems to have elicited winks and ...Posted by Derek Hawkins -
The electrification of motoring: The electric-fuel-trade acid test
Internal-combustion engines have dominated mechanised road transport for a century, but the past year or so has seen the arrival of a dribble of vehicles driven by electric ...Posted by Kaizar Campwala -
Bombs in Iraq: Another bloody mess
The latest bombings in Iraq suggest that Sunni extremists are trying, afresh, to whip up war.Posted by Derek Hawkins
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Vehicle telemetry: Calling all cars
One way or another, a quarter of the world’s new cars will be equipped with some form of remote monitoring and control system by 2016, predicts Egil Juliussen, an analyst ...Posted by Kaizar Campwala -
Drugs: Virtually legal
From heroin “shooting galleries” in Vancouver to Mexico’s decriminalisation of personal possession of drugs, the Americas are suddenly looking more permissive. Meanwhile ...Posted by Kaizar Campwala -
CIT files for bankruptcy: A prepackaged pratfall
THE most gut-wrenching failures may be over, but the financial crisis continues to claim the occasional big victim. CIT, a lender to small and medium-sized businesses, from ...Posted by Derek Hawkins -
Debates: Executive pay
Debate statement: "This house believes that on the whole, senior executives are worth what they are paid."Posted by Dwight Rousu -
American bank failures: An uncelebrated century
Partners Bank of Naples, Florida, earned a dubious distinction on Friday October 23rd. It became the 100th American bank failure of the year. On the same day six other ...Posted by Derek Hawkins -
Iran's nuclear programme: Deadline missed
Iran has again failed to do deadlines. It has been evading them in the seven years since an opposition group first outed its extensive covert nuclear programme, despite five ...Posted by Derek Hawkins -
The European Union after Ireland's vote: Wake up Europe!
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Smart grids: Clever, but unprincipled
The technology is not inherently frugal or green. It can be used to deliver not just clean renewable energy more efficiently, but also the grubby coal-fired sort. By reducing ...Posted by Kaizar Campwala -
Errors of omission
Bumblebees cannot fly—or so physical models are said to have shown. That the insects routinely become airborne demonstrates the shortcomings of some theoretical accounts of ...via NewsRack -
Climate change and the UN: Nice words
Just over 70 days to go and there is miserably little progress yet. The outlook for the global summit on climate change to be held in Copenhagen in December is uncertain. The ...
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