The Economist: August 10th - August 16th, 2013
Volume 396 Number 8848
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General Information
Publisher: The Economist Group, Magazine Website
Type: Audio MP3 @ 48kbps 44100Hz Mono
Language: English,
Size: 147 MB (154,181,526 bytes), 88 MP3s
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Contents
001 Introduction
002 The world this week - Politics
003 The world this week - Business
004 Leaders
005 Leaders - Britain_s recovery
006 Leaders - Climate change
007 Leaders - Italian politics
008 Leaders - Computer hacking
009 Leaders - Legal highs
010 Letters
011 Briefing
012 Briefing - China and the environment
013 United States
014 United States - Barack Obama and the war on terror
015 United States - America and Russia
016 United States - San Diego_s mayor
017 United States - Virginia_s governor
018 United States - Dysfunctional Illinois
019 United States - The Baseball Hall of Fame
020 United States - Lexington
021 The Americas
022 The Americas - Corruption in Venezuela
023 The Americas - Brazil_s opposition
024 The Americas - Latin America_s tweeting presidents
025 Asia
026 Asia - Thailand_s rice subsidies
027 Asia - Taiwan_s army
028 Asia - Japan and China
029 Asia - Japanese security
030 Asia - Australian politics
031 Asia - Bangladesh
032 Asia - Banyan
033 China
034 China - Aviation
035 China - Food safety
036 China - Anti-abortion activism
037 Middle East and Africa
038 Middle East and Africa - Elections in Zimbabwe
039 Middle East and Africa - Syria_s civil war
040 Middle East and Africa - _and the war economy
041 Middle East and Africa - Middle East migrants
042 Middle East and Africa - The Israel Defence Forces
043 Europe
044 Europe - Italian politics
045 Europe - Alpine dress
046 Europe - Turkish politics
047 Europe - Hungary_s Roma
048 Europe - Spain and Gibraltar
049 Europe - Social media and French
050 Britain
051 Britain - Living standards
052 Britain - Organised crime
053 Britain - Lloyds Banking Group
054 Britain - Theatre tickets
055 Britain - Social workers
056 Britain - Subsidies for working mothers
057 International
058 International - The Indosphere
059 Business
060 Business - Cyber-crime
061 Business - Mexico_s oil industry
062 Business - American newspapers
063 Business - Commercialising neuroscience
064 Business - Browser wars
065 Business - Italian manufacturing
066 Business - Schumpeter
067 Finance and economics
068 Finance and economics - Europe_s bail-outs
069 Finance and economics - Raghuram Rajan at India_s central bank
070 Finance and economics - The Federal Reserve
071 Finance and economics - The trial of Fabrice Tourre
072 Finance and economics - Reforms in Japan
073 Finance and economics - Buttonwood
074 Finance and economics - The price of fish
075 Finance and economics - Free exchange
076 Science and technology
077 Science and technology - The perils of sitting down
078 Science and technology - Artificial meat
079 Science and technology - Influenza
080 Science and technology - 3D printing with paper
081 Books and arts
082 Books and arts - Christians_ Muslims and Jesus
083 Books and arts - The Johnson _ Johnson dynasty
084 Books and arts - Spanish culture under Franco
085 Books and arts - New American fiction
086 Books and arts - Mathew Brady_s photographs
087 Books and arts - _Billy Budd_ at Glyndebourne
088 Obituary - Wu Dengming
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.
The Economist claims it "is not a chronicle of economics." Rather, it aims "to take
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
The Economist's primary focus is world news, politics and business, but it also runs
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
media directory pages of the website.The publication's writers adopt a tight style 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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Volume 396 Number 8848
General Information
Publisher: The Economist Group, Magazine Website
Type: Audio MP3 @ 48kbps 44100Hz Mono
Language: English,
Size: 147 MB (154,181,526 bytes), 88 MP3s
Search for ALL ISSUES
Contents
001 Introduction
002 The world this week - Politics
003 The world this week - Business
004 Leaders
005 Leaders - Britain_s recovery
006 Leaders - Climate change
007 Leaders - Italian politics
008 Leaders - Computer hacking
009 Leaders - Legal highs
010 Letters
011 Briefing
012 Briefing - China and the environment
013 United States
014 United States - Barack Obama and the war on terror
015 United States - America and Russia
016 United States - San Diego_s mayor
017 United States - Virginia_s governor
018 United States - Dysfunctional Illinois
019 United States - The Baseball Hall of Fame
020 United States - Lexington
021 The Americas
022 The Americas - Corruption in Venezuela
023 The Americas - Brazil_s opposition
024 The Americas - Latin America_s tweeting presidents
025 Asia
026 Asia - Thailand_s rice subsidies
027 Asia - Taiwan_s army
028 Asia - Japan and China
029 Asia - Japanese security
030 Asia - Australian politics
031 Asia - Bangladesh
032 Asia - Banyan
033 China
034 China - Aviation
035 China - Food safety
036 China - Anti-abortion activism
037 Middle East and Africa
038 Middle East and Africa - Elections in Zimbabwe
039 Middle East and Africa - Syria_s civil war
040 Middle East and Africa - _and the war economy
041 Middle East and Africa - Middle East migrants
042 Middle East and Africa - The Israel Defence Forces
043 Europe
044 Europe - Italian politics
045 Europe - Alpine dress
046 Europe - Turkish politics
047 Europe - Hungary_s Roma
048 Europe - Spain and Gibraltar
049 Europe - Social media and French
050 Britain
051 Britain - Living standards
052 Britain - Organised crime
053 Britain - Lloyds Banking Group
054 Britain - Theatre tickets
055 Britain - Social workers
056 Britain - Subsidies for working mothers
057 International
058 International - The Indosphere
059 Business
060 Business - Cyber-crime
061 Business - Mexico_s oil industry
062 Business - American newspapers
063 Business - Commercialising neuroscience
064 Business - Browser wars
065 Business - Italian manufacturing
066 Business - Schumpeter
067 Finance and economics
068 Finance and economics - Europe_s bail-outs
069 Finance and economics - Raghuram Rajan at India_s central bank
070 Finance and economics - The Federal Reserve
071 Finance and economics - The trial of Fabrice Tourre
072 Finance and economics - Reforms in Japan
073 Finance and economics - Buttonwood
074 Finance and economics - The price of fish
075 Finance and economics - Free exchange
076 Science and technology
077 Science and technology - The perils of sitting down
078 Science and technology - Artificial meat
079 Science and technology - Influenza
080 Science and technology - 3D printing with paper
081 Books and arts
082 Books and arts - Christians_ Muslims and Jesus
083 Books and arts - The Johnson _ Johnson dynasty
084 Books and arts - Spanish culture under Franco
085 Books and arts - New American fiction
086 Books and arts - Mathew Brady_s photographs
087 Books and arts - _Billy Budd_ at Glyndebourne
088 Obituary - Wu Dengming
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.
The Economist claims it "is not a chronicle of economics." Rather, it aims "to take
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
The Economist's primary focus is world news, politics and business, but it also runs
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
media directory pages of the website.The publication's writers adopt a tight st
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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