Economist Day-Pass

I'm a subscriber, so I wouldn't have known this otherwise: via Razib comes word that the Economist now has a day-pass system similar to that utilized by Salon, which means that now you cheapskates out there no longer have an excuse not to read the world's best newsmagazine.

Comments

[Kenji]

Thanks for this info---Now I need to reconsider whether it's worth continuing to subscribe to the paper version of The Economist. (I guess my answer is most likely to be "Yes" because I still like the feel of reading news/editorials on paper.)

[Peter Nolan]

The world's best news magazine? I'm not so sure about that. It always seems to me that apart from its book reviews, reporting on economics, and US coverage, especially the Lexington column, I'm not sure I'd continue subscribing. There's a lot more in the FT every day and the international politics is, I think, a lot better, especially for things like energy or the EU.

[Abiola Lapite]

"There's a lot more in the FT every day and the international politics is, I think, a lot better, especially for things like energy or the EU."

Well, the FT isn't a newsmagazine, though ... But seriously, I find myself gagging too often on the FT's statist and pro-EU bent to enjoy reading that paper; instead I subscribe to the WSJ.

[praktike]

You mean the world's most poorly-written magazine. They're so ashamed of their soporific prose that they don't use bylines.

[Peter Nolan]

Though I'd agree with its line, I don't find the WSJ Europe much good. The FT is reasonably diverse, but they apparently were going to endorse Labour in the 1983 general election (nationalisation, unilateral disarmament, withdrawal from EU etc.) but were shut down by a printers' strike.

The FT Saturday magazine is very good though, much better than any of the stand alone British political or arts journals, IMHO.