Are the NGO executive job listings in the Economist real or is it just some sort of legal requirement that they must advertise? How about the science jobs listed in New Scientist? [more inside]
posted by smackfu on Oct 5, 2009 - 7 answers

Bill Gates wrote a letter to the editor that was published in The Economist within the past year or two. Can you track down what issue it was in? [more inside]
posted by disillusioned on Sep 17, 2009 - 4 answers

Let's say that I'm a college student that would like to expand my general knowledge about what's going on in the world, and let's say that I'd like to start subscribing to a weekly news magazine, and let's say that I generally have no knowledge of the differences between news magazines. Which one should I subscribe to, and why? [more inside]
posted by Quidam on Mar 31, 2008 - 69 answers

What is the best way to download online magazine/newspaper articles? In particular the Economist, which you can only access free for a certain length of time. Any plugins or software that can do this for free? [more inside]
posted by vegetableagony on Dec 28, 2007 - 8 answers

EconomistFilter: How much of this fantastic essay did Tony Blair actually write? [more inside]
posted by disillusioned on Jun 7, 2007 - 24 answers

Who writes for The Economist?
posted by airguitar on Jul 10, 2006 - 10 answers

How does the Economist get all the letters to the editor sound the same? [more inside]
posted by BuddhaInABucket on Mar 22, 2006 - 7 answers

Amateur economists, VCs, MBA students: what's a fair price for a google share? Based on what assumptions? [more inside]
posted by rkent on Aug 6, 2004 - 13 answers