The Economist: September 14th - September 20th, 2013
Volume 396 Number 8853![]()
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001 Introduction
002 The world this week - Politics
003 The world this week - Business
004 Leaders
005 Leaders - The German election
006 Leaders - Internet snooping
007 Leaders - Syria_s chemical weapons
008 Leaders - Women in India
009 Leaders - The Federal Reserve
010 Leaders - Biodiversity
011 Letters
012 Briefing
013 Briefing - Angela Merkel
014 Briefing - The Syria crisis
015 Briefing - The rebellion
016 United States
017 United States - Trade unions
018 United States - New York politics
019 United States - North Carolina
020 United States - Education
021 United States - America_s birth rate
022 United States - Online gambling
023 United States - Lexington
024 The Americas
025 The Americas - Policing in Brazil
026 The Americas - Quebec_s identity politics
027 The Americas - Fiscal reform in Mexico
028 The Americas - Chile_s anniversary
029 Asia
030 Asia - Central Asia
031 Asia - Women in India
032 Asia - Rape in Asia
033 Asia - The army in Indonesia
034 Asia - Japan and the Olympics
035 Asia - Banyan
036 China
037 China - Business confidence
038 China - Driving in Beijing
039 China - Debating
040 Middle East and Africa
041 Middle East and Africa - Libya
042 Middle East and Africa - Fashion in Iran
043 Middle East and Africa - Saudi Arabian diplomacy
044 Middle East and Africa - Kidnapping in Nigeria
045 Middle East and Africa - Swaziland_s election
046 Europe
047 Europe - France and reform
048 Europe - Russian politics
049 Europe - Norway_s election
050 Europe - Turkey and its Kurds
051 Europe - Catalonia_s separatism
052 Europe - Charlemagne
053 Britain
054 Britain - Governing the BBC
055 Britain - British banks
056 Britain - The Manchester model
057 Britain - High speed rail
058 Britain - New banknotes
059 Britain - Scottish deer
060 Britain - Social attitudes
061 Britain - Bagehot
062 International
063 International - The NSA and cryptography
064 International - Spying securely
065 Business
066 Business - Smartphones in China
067 Business - EU telecoms regulation
068 Business - Multinationals in emerging markets
069 Business - Netflix resurgent
070 Business - Backlash in Israel
071 Business - Social entrepreneurship in India
072 Business - Schumpeter
073 Schools brief
074 Schools brief - The dangers of debt
075 Finance and economics
076 Finance and economics - Wells Fargo
077 Finance and economics - The Lehman anniversary
078 Finance and economics - Bond markets
079 Finance and economics - Electronic payments in Africa
080 Finance and economics - Buttonwood
081 Finance and economics - Poultry markets
082 Finance and economics - Indonesia_s banks
083 Finance and economics - Free exchange
084 Science and technology
085 Science and technology - Obesity
086 Science and technology - Heart failure
087 Science and technology - Bioengineering
088 Science and technology - Animal mechanics
089 Books and arts
090 Books and arts - Nuclear Iran
091 Books and arts - Patrick Leigh Fermor
092 Books and arts - The war on cancer
093 Books and arts - Hyperinflation in Germany
094 Books and arts - American football
095 Books and arts - Polish cinema
096 Obituary - Narendra Dabholkar
097 Special report
098 Special report - All creatures great and small
099 Special report - Extinction
100 Special report - Public attitudes
101 Special report - The Oostvaardersplassen nature reserve
102 Special report - Political responses
103 Special report - Saving the elephant
104 Special report - The effects of growth
105 Special report - Brazil_s conversion
106 Special report - The outlook
About
The Economist is an English-language weekly news and international affairs publication
owned by The Economist Newspaper Ltd. and edited in an office in the City of
Westminster, London. Continuous publication began under founder James Wilson in
September 1843. While The Economist calls itself a "newspaper", each issue appears on
glossy paper, like a newsmagazine. In 2009, it reported an average circulation of just
over 1.4 million copies per issue, about half of which are sold in North America.
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part in a severe contest between intelligence, which presses forward, and an unworthy,
timid ignorance obstructing our progress. It practices advocacy journalism in taking an
editorial stance based on free trade and globalisation, but also the expansion of
government health and education spending and the government support of banks and other
financial enterprises in danger of bankruptcy. It targets highly educated readers and
claims an audience containing many influential executives and policy-makers.
The publication belongs to The Economist Group, half of which is owned by the Financial
Times, a subsidiary of Pearson PLC. A group of independent shareholders, including many
members of the staff and the Rothschild banking family of England, owns the rest. A
board of trustees formally appoints the editor, who cannot be removed without its
permission. In addition, about two-thirds of the seventy-five staff journalists are
based in London, despite the global emphasis
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regular sections on science and technology as well as books and the arts. Every two
weeks, the publication adds an in-depth special report on a particular issue, business
sector or geographical region. Every three months, it publishes a technology report
called Technology Quarterly or TQ. Articles often take a definite editorial stance and
almost never carry a byline. Not even the name of the editor (from 2006, John
Micklethwait) is printed in the issue. It is a longstanding tradition that an editor's
only signed article during his tenure is written on the occasion of his departure from
the position. The author of a piece is named in certain circumstances: when notable
persons are invited to contribute opinion pieces; when Economist writers compile
special reports; and to highlight a potential conflict of interest over a book review.
The names of The Economist editors and correspondents can be located, however, via the
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yle that
seeks to include the maximum amount of information in a limited space. Atlantic Monthly
publisher David G. Bradley described the formula as "a consistent world view expressed,
consistently, in tight and engaging prose."
There is a section of economic statistics. Tables such as employment statistics are
published each week and there are special statistical features too. It is unique among
British weeklies in providing authoritative coverage of official statistics and its
rankings of international statistics have been decisive. In addition, The Economist is
known for its Big Mac Index, which it first published in 1986. This uses the price of a
Big Mac hamburger sold by McDonald's in different countries as an informal measure of
the purchasing power of currencies.
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