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[[Radical centrism]]<ref>{{Cite news |date=2 September 2013 |title=Is The Economist left- or right-wing? |newspaper=The Economist |url=https://www.economist.com/blogs/economist-explains/2013/09/economist-explains-itself-0 |url-status=live |access-date=24 April 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170803173727/https://www.economist.com/blogs/economist-explains/2013/09/economist-explains-itself-0 |archive-date=3 August 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=13 October 2012 |title=True Progressivism |newspaper=The Economist |url=https://www.economist.com/node/21564556 |url-status=live |access-date=16 October 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161015063202/http://www.economist.com/node/21564556 |archive-date=15 October 2016}}</ref><br />[[Economic liberalism]]<ref name="Zevin-2019">{{Cite web |last=Zevin |first=Alexander |date=20 December 2019 |title=Liberalism at Large — how The Economist gets it right and spectacularly wrong |url=https://www.ft.com/content/eb87e2f4-ffc9-11e9-a530-16c6c29e70ca |url-access=subscription |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221210/https://www.ft.com/content/eb87e2f4-ffc9-11e9-a530-16c6c29e70ca |archive-date=10 December 2022 |access-date=11 March 2020 |website=[[Financial Times]]}}</ref><ref name="
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'''''The Economist''''' is a
Founded in 1843, ''The Economist'' was first circulated by Scottish economist [[James Wilson (businessman)|James Wilson]] to muster support for abolishing the British [[Corn Laws]] (1815–1846), a system of import [[tariff]]s. Over time, the newspaper's coverage expanded further into [[political economy]] and eventually began running articles on current events, finance, commerce, and British politics. Throughout the mid-to-late 20th century, it greatly expanded its layout and format, adding opinion columns, special reports, [[political cartoon]]s, [[Letter to the editor|reader letters]], cover stories, art critique, book reviews, and technology features. The paper is recognisable by its [[fire engine red]] [[Nameplate (publishing)|masthead]] (nameplate) and illustrated, topical covers. Individual articles are written anonymously, with no [[byline]], in order for the paper to speak as one collective voice. It is supplemented by its sister lifestyle magazine, ''[[1843 (magazine)|1843]]'', and a variety of podcasts, films, and books. It is considered a [[newspaper of record]] in the UK.<ref name="FrostWeingarten2017">{{cite book|author1=Corey Frost|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7rGhDgAAQBAJ&pg=PA27|title=The Broadview Guide to Writing: A Handbook for Students|author2=Karen Weingarten|author3=Doug Babington|author4=Don LePan|author5=Maureen Okun|date=30 May 2017|publisher=Broadview Press|isbn=978-1-55481-313-1|edition=6th|pages=27–|access-date=9 March 2020|archive-date=29 June 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230629112957/https://books.google.com/books?id=7rGhDgAAQBAJ&pg=PA27|url-status=live}}</ref>
The [[The Economist editorial stance|editorial stance of ''The Economist'']] primarily revolves around [[classical liberalism|classical]], [[social liberalism|social]], and most notably [[economic liberalism]]. It has supported [[radical centrism]], favouring policies and governments that maintain [[centrist politics]]. The newspaper typically champions economic liberalism, particularly free markets, free trade, free immigration, deregulation, and globalisation. Despite a pronounced editorial stance, it is seen as having little [[media bias|reporting bias]], and as exercising rigorous [[fact-checking]] and strict
==History==
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''The Economist'' was founded by the British businessman and banker [[James Wilson (businessman)|James Wilson]] in 1843, to advance the repeal of the [[Corn Laws]], a system of import tariffs.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Schonhardt-Bailey |first=Cheryl |date=January 30, 2007 |title=From the Corn Laws to Your Mailbox |url=https://mitpress.typepad.com/mitpresslog/2007/01/from_corn_laws_.html |website=The MIT Press}}</ref><ref>[http://mitpress.typepad.com/mitpresslog/2007/01/from_corn_laws_.html From the Corn Laws to Your Mailbox] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100612061955/http://mitpress.typepad.com/mitpresslog/2007/01/from_corn_laws_.html |date=12 June 2010 }}, The MIT Press Log, 30 January 2007. Retrieved 11 June 2010.</ref> A [[prospectus (finance)|prospectus]] for the newspaper from 5 August 1843 enumerated thirteen areas of coverage that its editors wanted the publication to focus on:<ref>{{Cite news |date=5 August 1843 |title=Prospectus |newspaper=The Economist |url=https://www.economist.com/displaystory.cfm?story_id=1873493 |url-status=live |access-date=27 December 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070212171351/http://www.economist.com/displaystory.cfm?story_id=1873493 |archive-date=12 February 2007}}</ref>{{multiple image▼
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▲''The Economist'' was founded by the British businessman and banker [[James Wilson (businessman)|James Wilson]] in 1843, to advance the repeal of the [[Corn Laws]], a system of import tariffs.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Schonhardt-Bailey |first=Cheryl |date=January 30, 2007 |title=From the Corn Laws to Your Mailbox |url=https://mitpress.typepad.com/mitpresslog/2007/01/from_corn_laws_.html |website=The MIT Press}}</ref><ref>
# Original [[editorial|leading articles]], in which free-trade principles will be most rigidly applied to all the important questions of the day.
# Articles relating to some practical, commercial, agricultural, or foreign topic of passing interest, such as foreign treaties.
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[[File:The Economist 2019 1 o.jpg|thumb|left|A panel of journalists and public policy leaders at ''The Economist''{{'}}s 2019 India Summit]]
In 1920, the paper's circulation rose to 6,170. In 1934, it underwent its first major redesign. The current [[fire engine red]] nameplate was created by [[Reynolds Stone]] in 1959.<ref name="About us" /> In 1971, ''The Economist'' changed its large [[Broadsheet|broadsheet format]] into a smaller [[Bookbinding#Thermally activated binding|magazine-style perfect-bound]] formatting.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Why does The Economist call itself a newspaper? |url=https://www.economist.com/the-economist-explains/2013/09/01/why-does-the-economist-call-itself-a-newspaper |access-date=2024-01-06 |newspaper=The Economist |issn=0013-0613}}</ref> In 1981 the publication introduced a North American edition after publishing the British edition since 1843; its circulation had increased more than tenfold by 2010.<ref name="peters" /> In January 2012, ''The Economist'' launched a new weekly section devoted exclusively to China, the first new country section since the introduction of one on the United States in 1942.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Economist Launches New China Section |url=http://www.asiamediajournal.com/pressrelease.php?id=3277 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120201210032/http://www.asiamediajournal.com/pressrelease.php?id=3277 |archive-date=1 February 2012 |website=Asian Media Journal}}</ref>
In 1991, [[James Fallows]] argued in ''[[The Washington Post]]'' that ''The Economist'' used editorial lines that contradicted the news stories they purported to highlight.<ref name="fallows" /> In 1999, [[Andrew Sullivan]] complained in ''[[The New Republic]]'' that it uses "marketing genius"<ref>{{Cite news |title=London Fog |url=https://newrepublic.com/article/politics/london-fog |url-status=live |access-date=2 September 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140904203948/http://www.newrepublic.com/article/politics/london-fog |archive-date=4 September 2014}}</ref> to make up for deficiencies in original reporting, resulting in "a kind of ''[[Reader's Digest]]''"<ref name="The New Republic-1999">{{Cite magazine |date=14 June 1999 |title=Not so groovy. |magazine=The New Republic |location=London |url=https://www.theguardian.com/Archive/Article/0,4273,3874750,00.html |url-status=live |access-date=27 April 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230411215804/https://www.theguardian.com/media/1999/jun/14/8 |archive-date=11 April 2023}}</ref> for America's corporate elite.<ref name="The New Republic-1999" /><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Finkel |first=Rebecca |date=July 1999 |title=Nasty barbs fly between New Republic and Economist |url=http://www.medialifemagazine.com/news1999/july99/news4707.html |url-status=dead |magazine=Media Life |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151107024913/http://www.medialifemagazine.com:8080/news1999/july99/news4707.html |archive-date=7 November 2015 |access-date=27 April 2008}}</ref> ''[[The Guardian]]'' wrote that "its writers rarely see a political or economic problem that cannot be solved by the trusted three-card trick of privatisation, deregulation and liberalisation".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Stern |first=Stefan |date=21 August 2005 |title=Economist thrives on female intuition |work=[[The Guardian]] |location=London |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2005/aug/21/pressandpublishing.business1 |url-status=live |access-date=2 January 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140919093954/http://www.theguardian.com/media/2005/aug/21/pressandpublishing.business1 |archive-date=19 September 2014}}</ref>
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=== Fossil fuel advertising ===
An investigation by [[the Intercept]], [[the Nation]], and [[DeSmog]] found that ''The Economist'' is one of the leading media outlets that publishes advertising for the [[fossil fuel]] industry.<ref name=intercept20231205>{{cite news|date=December 5, 2023|author=Amy Westervelt & Matthew Green|url=https://theintercept.com/2023/12/05/fossil-fuel-industry-media-company-advertising/|title=Leading News Outlets Are Doing the Fossil Fuel Industry’s Greenwashing|publisher=The Intercept|access-date=September 1, 2024}}</ref> Journalists who cover [[climate change]] for ''The Economist'' are concerned that [[conflicts of interest]] with the companies and industries that [[Causes of climate change|caused climate change]] and [[climate change denial|obstructed action]] will reduce the credibility of their reporting on climate change and cause readers to downplay the [[climate crisis]].<ref name=intercept20231205 />
==Organisation==
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[[File:Zanny Minton Beddoes World Economic Forum 2013 cropped.jpg|thumb|254x254px|[[Zanny Minton Beddoes]] was appointed editor in 2015, first joining as an [[emerging markets]] correspondent in 1994.]]
The [[editor-in-chief]], commonly known simply as "the Editor", of ''The Economist'' is charged with formulating the paper's editorial policies and overseeing corporate operations. Since its 1843 founding, the editors have been the following:
# [[James Wilson (businessman)|James Wilson]]: 1843–1857
# [[Richard Holt Hutton]]: 1857–1861{{NoteTag|''[[The Concise Dictionary of National Biography]]'' makes him assistant editor 1858–1860.}}
# [[Walter Bagehot]]: 1861–1877{{NoteTag|He was Wilson's son-in-law.}}
# [[Daniel Conner Lathbury]]: 1877–1881{{NoteTag|[[s:The Times/1922/Obituary/Daniel Conner Lathbury|A journalist and biographer]]}} (
# [[Inglis Palgrave|Robert Harry Inglis Palgrave]]: 1877–1883 (
# Edward Johnstone: 1883–1907<ref>{{Cite web |title=economist150周年（1993） – 经济学人资料库 – ECO中文网 – Powered by Discuz! Archiver |url=http://www.ecocn.org/archiver/?tid-2398.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150922170122/http://www.ecocn.org/archiver/?tid-2398.html |archive-date=22 September 2015 |access-date=29 June 2015}}</ref>
# [[Francis Wrigley Hirst]]: 1907–1916
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==Tone and voice==
''The Economist'' has traditionally and historically persisted in referring to itself as a "[[newspaper]]",<ref name="
===Editorial anonymity===
''The Economist''{{'}}s articles often take a definite editorial stance and almost never carry a [[byline]].<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Arrese |first=Ángel |date=February 2021 |title="The evolution of Anonymity in The Economist" |journal=Media History |volume=28 |pages=111–124 |doi=10.1080/13688804.2021.1888703 |s2cid=233977282}}</ref> Not even the name of the editor is printed in the issue. It is a long-standing tradition that an editor's only signed article during their tenure is written on the occasion of their departure from the position. The author of a piece is named in certain circumstances: when notable persons are invited to contribute opinion pieces; when journalists of ''The Economist'' compile special reports (previously known as surveys); for the Year in Review special edition; and to highlight a potential [[conflict of interest]] over a book review. The names of ''The Economist'' editors and correspondents can be located on the media directory pages of the website.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Media directory |newspaper=The Economist |url=https://www.economist.com/mediadirectory |url-status=live |access-date=25 May 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120524223216/http://www.economist.com/mediadirectory |archive-date=24 May 2012}}</ref> Online blog pieces are signed with the initials of the writer and authors of print stories are allowed to note their authorship from their personal web sites.<ref>{{Cite web |date=20 November 2008 |title=Why The Economist has no bylines |url=http://andreaskluth.org/2008/11/20/why-the-economist-has-no-bylines/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081220115743/http://andreaskluth.org/2008/11/20/why-the-economist-has-no-bylines/ |archive-date=20 December 2008 |access-date=25 May 2012 |website=Andreaskluth.org}}</ref> One anonymous writer of ''The Economist'' observed: "This approach is not without its faults (we have four staff members with the initials 'J.P.', for example) but is the best compromise between total anonymity and full bylines, in our view
The editors say this is necessary because "collective voice and personality matter more than the identities of individual journalists",<ref>{{Cite news |date=18 November 2010 |title=The Economist – About us |newspaper=The Economist |url=https://www.economist.com/help/about-us |url-status=live |access-date=11 June 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120611044028/http://www.economist.com/help/about-us |archive-date=11 June 2012}}</ref> and reflects "a collaborative effort".<ref>{{Cite web |date=29 April 2008 |title=Economist Editor Micklethwait brings his global perspective to the Twin Cities |url=http://www.minnpost.com/stories/2008/04/29/1659/economist_editor_micklethwait_brings_his_global_perspective_to_the_twin_cities |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080705161308/http://www.minnpost.com/stories/2008/04/29/1659/economist_editor_micklethwait_brings_his_global_perspective_to_the_twin_cities |archive-date=5 July 2008 |access-date=16 September 2008 |publisher=MinnPost.com}}</ref> In most articles, authors refer to themselves as "your correspondent" or "this reviewer". The writers of the titled opinion columns tend to refer to themselves by the title (hence, a sentence in the "Lexington" column might read "Lexington was informed..."). American author and long-time reader [[Michael Lewis]] criticised the paper's editorial anonymity in 1991, labelling it a means to hide the youth and inexperience of those writing articles.<ref name="fallows">{{Cite news |date=16 October 1991 |title=The Economics of the Colonial Cringe: Pseudonomics and the Sneer on the Face of The Economist |newspaper=The Washington Post |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/1991/10/-quot-the-economics-of-the-colonial-cringe-quot-about-the-economist-magazine-washington-post-1991/7415/ |url-status=live |access-date=27 April 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100526075502/http://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/1991/10/-quot-the-economics-of-the-colonial-cringe-quot-about-the-economist-magazine-washington-post-1991/7415 |archive-date=26 May 2010}}</ref> Although individual articles are written anonymously, there is no secrecy over who the writers are, as they are listed on ''The Economist''{{'s}} website, which also provides summaries of their careers and academic qualifications.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Media directory |newspaper=The Economist |url=http://mediadirectory.economist.com/ |url-status=live |access-date=31 December 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160424055628/http://mediadirectory.economist.com/ |archive-date=24 April 2016}}</ref> In 2009, Lewis included multiple ''Economist'' articles in his anthology about the [[2007–2008 financial crisis]], ''[[Panic: The Story of Modern Financial Insanity]]''.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Lewis |first=Michael M. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZXUOASHVf_YC |title=Panic: The Story of Modern Financial Insanity |date=2009 |publisher=W. W. Norton & Company |isbn=978-0-393-06514-5 |language=en}}</ref>
[[John Ralston Saul]] describes ''The Economist'' as a
▲[[John Ralston Saul]] describes ''The Economist'' as a "...[newspaper] which hides the names of the journalists who write its articles in order to create the illusion that they dispense disinterested truth rather than opinion. This sales technique, reminiscent of pre-Reformation Catholicism, is not surprising in a publication named after the social science most given to wild guesses and imaginary facts presented in the guise of inevitability and exactitude. That it is the Bible of the corporate executive indicates to what extent received wisdom is the daily bread of a managerial civilization."<ref>{{Cite book |title=The Doubter's Companion: A Dictionary of Aggressive Common Sense |id={{ASIN|0743236602|country=uk}}}}</ref>
==Features==
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The publication runs several opinion columns whose names reflect their topic:
*''Banyan'' (Asia): named for the [[banyan]] tree, this column was established in April 2009 and focuses on various issues across the Asian continent and is written by [[Dominic Ziegler]].
▲}}), 19th-century British constitutional expert and early editor of ''The Economist''. Since April 2017 it has been written by [[Adrian Wooldridge]], who succeeded [[David Rennie (columnist)|David Rennie]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=30 June 2012 |title=Britain's cheering gloom |newspaper=The Economist |url=https://www.economist.com/node/21557752 |url-status=live |access-date=31 August 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120911113338/http://www.economist.com/node/21557752 |archive-date=11 September 2012}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=30 June 2010 |title=Charlemagne moves town |newspaper=The Economist |url=https://www.economist.com/blogs/charlemagne/2010/06/charlemagne_moves_town |url-status=live |access-date=26 March 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140320103918/http://www.economist.com/blogs/charlemagne/2010/06/charlemagne_moves_town |archive-date=20 March 2014}}</ref>
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*''Buttonwood'' (Finance): named for the [[Platanus occidentalis|buttonwood]] tree where early [[Wall Street]] traders gathered. Until September 2006 this was available only as an on-line column, but it is now included in the print edition. Since 2018, it is written by John O'Sullivan, succeeding Philip Coggan.<ref>{{Cite web |title=John O'Sullivan |url=https://mediadirectory.economist.com/people/john-osullivan/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200419125705/http://mediadirectory.economist.com/people/john-osullivan/ |archive-date=19 April 2020 |access-date=31 March 2020 |website=Economist}}</ref>
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▲*'''''Johnson''''' (language): named for [[Samuel Johnson]], this column returned to the publication in 2016 and covers language. It is written by [[Robert Lane Greene]].
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▲*'''''Lexington''''' (United States): named for [[Lexington, Massachusetts]], the site of the beginning of the [[American Revolutionary War]]. From June 2010 until May 2012, it was written by [[Peter David (journalist)|Peter David]], until his death in a car accident.<ref>{{Cite news |date=11 May 2012 |title=Lexington: Peter David |publisher=The Economist website |url=https://www.economist.com/blogs/lexington/2012/05/lexington |url-status=live |access-date=12 May 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120512011630/http://www.economist.com/blogs/lexington/2012/05/lexington |archive-date=12 May 2012}}</ref> As of late 2023, the column was written by [[James Bennet (journalist)|James Bennet]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=14 December 2023 |title=1843 Magazine: When the New York Times lost its way |publisher=The Economist website |url=https://www.economist.com/1843/2023/12/14/when-the-new-york-times-lost-its-way |access-date=14 December 2023}}</ref>
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▲*'''''Schumpeter''''' (Business): named for the economist [[Joseph Schumpeter]], this column was established in September 2009 and is written by Patrick Foulis.
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▲*'''''Free Exchange''''' (Economics): a general economics column, frequently based on academic research, replaced the column ''Economics Focus'' in January 2012
▲*'''Obituary''' (recent death): Since 2003 it has been written by [[Ann Wroe]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Fraser |first=Isabelle |date=6 June 2014 |title=An Interview with Ann Wroe, Obituaries Writer for The Economist |url=http://thehairpin.com/2014/06/an-interview-with-ann-wroe-obituaries-writer-for-the-economist |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141223130322/http://thehairpin.com/2014/06/an-interview-with-ann-wroe-obituaries-writer-for-the-economist |archive-date=23 December 2014 |access-date=21 December 2014 |website=[[The Hairpin]]}}</ref>
=== ''TQ'' ===
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In September 2007, ''The Economist'' launched a sister [[lifestyle magazine]] under the title ''Intelligent Life'' as a quarterly publication. At its inauguration it was billed as for "the arts, style, food, wine, cars, travel and anything else under the sun, as long as it's interesting".<ref name="faqs">{{Cite web |title=FAQs |url=https://www.1843magazine.com/content/faqs |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160324094451/https://www.1843magazine.com/content/faqs |archive-date=24 March 2016 |access-date=11 July 2017 |website=1843 |publisher=[[The Economist Newspaper Limited]]}}</ref> The magazine focuses on analysing the "insights and predictions for the [[Luxury goods|luxury landscape]]" across the world.<ref>{{Cite web |title=An Evening at The Economist & 1843 |url=https://www.thewalpole.co.uk/news/an-evening-at-the-economist-1843/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200411010329/https://www.thewalpole.co.uk/news/an-evening-at-the-economist-1843/ |archive-date=11 April 2020 |access-date=11 April 2020 |website=Walpole |language=en-US}}</ref> Approximately ten years later, in March 2016, the newspaper's parent company, [[Economist Group]], rebranded the lifestyle magazine as ''1843'', in honour of the paper's founding year. It has since remained at six issues per year and carries the motto "Stories of An Extraordinary World".<ref name="faqs" /> Unlike ''The Economist'', the author's names appear next to their articles in ''1843''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Conti |first=Samantha |date=8 March 2016 |title=1843, The Economist Unveils a Relaunched, Rebranded Lifestyle Title |url=https://wwd.com/business-news/media/1843-the-economist-new-rebranded-magazine-title-10386121/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200411010331/https://wwd.com/business-news/media/1843-the-economist-new-rebranded-magazine-title-10386121/ |archive-date=11 April 2020 |access-date=11 April 2020 |website=WWD}}</ref>
''1843'' features contributions from ''Economist'' journalists as well as writers around the world and photography commissioned for each issue. It is seen as a market competitor to ''[[The Wall Street Journal]]''<nowiki/>'s ''[[WSJ.]]'' and the ''Financial Times''<nowiki/>' ''[[FT Magazine]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Blunden |first=Nick |date=November 2015 |title=Welcome to 1843 |url=https://thoughtthatcounts.economist.com/sites/default/files/Introducing1843.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200407021832/https://thoughtthatcounts.economist.com/sites/default/files/Introducing1843.pdf |archive-date=7 April 2020 |website=The Economist Group}}</ref>
In May 2020 it was announced that the ''1843 magazine'' would move to a digital-only format.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Tobitt |first=Charlotte |date=2020-05-15 |title=Economist Group cuts 90 jobs and stops printing 1843 magazine |url=https://pressgazette.co.uk/news/economist-group-cuts-90-jobs-and-stops-printing-1843-magazine/ |access-date=2024-08-23 |website=Press Gazette |language=en-US}}</ref>
=== ''The World Ahead'' ===▼
The paper also produces two annual reviews and predictive reports titled ''The World In [Year]'' and ''The World If [Year]'' as part of their ''The World Ahead'' franchise.<ref>{{Cite web |title='The Economist' Releases 'The World In 2020' Issue, Magazine's Circ Expected To Hit 1 Million |url=https://www.mediapost.com/publications/article/343669/the-economist-releases-the-world-in-2020-issue.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200411010332/https://www.mediapost.com/publications/article/343669/the-economist-releases-the-world-in-2020-issue.html |archive-date=11 April 2020 |access-date=11 April 2020 |website=www.mediapost.com |language=en}}</ref> In both features, the newspaper publishes a review of the social, cultural, economic and political events that have shaped the year and will continue to influence the immediate future. The issue was described by the American think tank [[Brookings Institution]] as "''The Economist''<nowiki/>'s annual [150-page] exercise in [[forecasting]]."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gill |first=Indermit |date=10 April 2020 |title=The World in 2020, as forecast by The Economist |url=https://www.brookings.edu/blog/future-development/2020/04/10/the-world-in-2020-as-forecast-by-the-economist/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200411010635/https://www.brookings.edu/blog/future-development/2020/04/10/the-world-in-2020-as-forecast-by-the-economist/ |archive-date=11 April 2020 |access-date=11 April 2020 |website=Brookings |language=en-US}}</ref>▼
▲=== ''The World Ahead'' ===
▲The paper also produces two annual reviews and predictive reports titled ''The World In [Year]'' and ''The World If [Year]'' as part of their ''The World Ahead'' franchise.<ref>{{Cite web |title='The Economist' Releases 'The World In 2020' Issue, Magazine's Circ Expected To Hit 1 Million |url=https://www.mediapost.com/publications/article/343669/the-economist-releases-the-world-in-2020-issue.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200411010332/https://www.mediapost.com/publications/article/343669/the-economist-releases-the-world-in-2020-issue.html |archive-date=11 April 2020 |access-date=11 April 2020 |website=www.mediapost.com |language=en}}</ref> In both features, the newspaper publishes a review of the social, cultural, economic and political events that have shaped the year and will continue to influence the immediate future. The issue was described by the American think tank [[Brookings Institution]] as "''The Economist''<nowiki/>'s annual [150-page] exercise in [[forecasting]]
=== Country of the Year ===
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In addition to publishing its main newspaper, lifestyle magazine, and special features, ''The Economist'' also produces books with topics overlapping with that of its newspaper. The weekly also publishes a series of technical manuals (or guides) as an offshoot of its [[Analytic journalism|explanatory journalism]]. Some of these books serve as collections of articles and columns the paper produces.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Woe |first=Ann |url=https://www.npr.org/books/titles/138238085/the-economist-book-of-obituaries |title=The Economist Book of Obituaries |date=November 2008 |publisher=Wiley |isbn=978-1-57660-326-0 |language=en |access-date=22 April 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200809013200/https://www.npr.org/books/titles/138238085/the-economist-book-of-obituaries |archive-date=9 August 2020 |url-status=live}}</ref> Often columnists from the newspaper write technical manuals on their topic of expertise; for example, Philip Coggan, a finance correspondent, authored ''The Economist Guide to Hedge Funds'' (2011).<ref>{{Cite book |last=Coggan |first=Philip |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uUuKAgAAQBAJ |title=The Economist Guide to Hedge Funds |date=30 June 2011 |publisher=Profile |isbn=978-1-84765-037-5 |language=en}}</ref>
===Writing competitions===
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=== Podcasts ===
Since 2006, ''The Economist'' has produced several [[podcast]] series.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Standage |first=Tom |date=2019-01-23 |title=Why The Economist is launching a daily podcast |url=https://medium.com/severe-contest/why-the-economist-is-launching-a-daily-podcast-e0560317cc29 |access-date=2024-03-28 |website=The Economist Digital |language=en}}</ref> The podcasts currently in production include:<ref name="
* ''The Intelligence'' (general news)
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* ''The Weekend Intelligence'' (long-form reports on a single topic)
Additionally, ''The Economist'' has produced several limited-run podcast series, such as ''The Prince'' (on [[Xi Jinping]]), ''Next Year in Moscow'' (on [[Russian emigration during the Russian invasion of Ukraine|Russian emigrants and dissidents following the 2022 invasion of Ukraine]]), and ''Boss Class'' (on [[Business administration|business management]]).<ref name="
In September 2023, ''The Economist'' announced the launch of Economist Podcasts+, a paid subscription service for its podcast offerings.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-11-01 |title=Why The Economist
=== Espresso news app ===
In 2014 ''The Economist'' launched its short-form news app Espresso. The product offers a daily briefing from the editors, published every day of the week except Sunday. The app is available to paid subscribers and as a separate subscription.<ref>{{Cite web |title=What is The Economist Espresso? |url=https://fcxpre.economist.com/s/article/what-is-the-economist-espresso |access-date=2024-09-15 |website=The Economist}}</ref>
== Data journalism ==
The presence of [[data journalism]] in ''The Economist'' can be traced to its founding year in 1843. Initially, the weekly published basic [[international trade]] figures and tables.<ref name="Selby-Boothroyd-2018">{{Cite web |last=Selby-Boothroyd |first=Alex |date=18 October 2018 |title=Data journalism at The Economist gets a home of its own in print |url=https://medium.economist.com/data-journalism-at-the-economist-gets-a-home-of-its-own-in-print-92e194c7f67e |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220711151431/https://medium.economist.com/data-journalism-at-the-economist-gets-a-home-of-its-own-in-print-92e194c7f67e |archive-date=11 July 2022 |access-date=9 April 2020 |website=Medium |language=en}}</ref><ref name="
In 2015, the data-journalism department—a dedicated team of data journalists, visualisers and interactive developers—was created to head up the paper's data journalism efforts.<ref>{{Cite web |date=4 May 2018 |title=How The Economist uses its 12-person data journalism team to drive subscriptions |url=https://whatsnewinpublishing.com/economist-uses-12-person-data-journalism-team-drive-subscriptions/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200809035139/https://whatsnewinpublishing.com/economist-uses-12-person-data-journalism-team-drive-subscriptions/ |archive-date=9 August 2020 |access-date=9 April 2020 |website=What's New in Publishing |language=en-US}}</ref> The team's output soon included election forecasting models, covering the French presidential elections of 2017 and 2022 and the US presidential and congressional elections in 2020, among others. In late-2023, the data team advertised for a political data scientist to bolster its political forecasting efforts. In order to ensure transparency in the team's data collection and analysis ''The Economist'' maintains a corporate [[GitHub]] account to publicly disclose their models and software wherever possible.<ref name="Economist-2018">{{Cite web |last=Economist |first=The |date=22 October 2018 |title=Turning a page: The Economist's data journalism gets its own place in print |url=https://medium.economist.com/turning-a-page-the-economists-data-journalism-gets-its-own-place-in-print-664c2e5bdfe9 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230411215758/https://medium.economist.com/turning-a-page-the-economists-data-journalism-gets-its-own-place-in-print-664c2e5bdfe9?gi=5d1a68c88edd |archive-date=11 April 2023 |access-date=9 April 2020 |website=Medium |language=en}}</ref> In October 2018, they introduced a "Graphic Detail" featuring large charts and maps in both their print and digital editions which ran until November 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |date=23 October 2018 |title=The Economist's print edition launches a dedicated data journalism page for better visual storytelling |url=https://www.journalism.co.uk/news/the-economist-s-print-edition-launches-a-dedicated-data-journalism-page-for-better-visual-storytelling/s2/a729384/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200809051555/https://www.journalism.co.uk/news/the-economist-s-print-edition-launches-a-dedicated-data-journalism-page-for-better-visual-storytelling/s2/a729384/ |archive-date=9 August 2020 |access-date=9 April 2020 |website=www.journalism.co.uk}}</ref>
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[[File:David Hume and Adam Smith statues, Edinburgh.jpg|thumb|Scottish economist [[Adam Smith]] (right) and philosopher [[David Hume]] (left) represent the newspaper's foundational beliefs of ''[[laissez-faire]]'' policies, self-sufficiency, anti-protectionism and [[free trade]].]]
Individual contributors take diverse views. ''The Economist'' favours the support, through [[central bank]]s, of banks and other important corporations. This principle can, in a much more limited form, be traced back to [[Walter Bagehot]], the third editor of ''The Economist'', who argued that the Bank of England should support major banks that got into difficulties. [[Karl Marx]] deemed ''The Economist'' the "European organ" of "the aristocracy of finance".<ref>{{Cite book |last=Marx |first=Karl |url=http://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1852/18th-brumaire/ch06.htm |title=The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte |year=1852 |access-date=17 April 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130313030711/http://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1852/18th-brumaire/ch06.htm |archive-date=13 March 2013 |url-status=live}}</ref> The newspaper has also supported liberal causes on social issues such as recognition of [[Same-sex marriage|gay marriages]],<ref>[https://www.economist.com/PrinterFriendly.cfm?story_id=2515389 Let them wed] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110511111130/http://www.economist.com/PrinterFriendly.cfm?story_id=2515389 |date=11 May 2011 }}, cover article on 4 January 1996</ref> [[Drug liberalization|legalisation of drugs]],<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20100602002643/http://www.drogasedemocracia.org/Arquivos/the-economist.pdf How to stop the drug wars], cover article on 7 March 2009. The publication calls legalisation "the least bad solution".</ref> criticises the [[Taxation in the United States|U.S. tax model]],<ref>{{Cite news |date=4 February 2012 |title=Tax reform in America: A simple bare necessity |newspaper=The Economist |url=https://www.economist.com/node/21545981 |url-status=live |access-date=25 May 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120525100024/http://www.economist.com/node/21545981 |archive-date=25 May 2012}}</ref> and seems to support some government regulation on health issues, such as smoking in public,<ref>{{Cite news |date=10 June 2010 |title=Smoking and public health: Breathe easy |newspaper=The Economist |url=https://www.economist.com/node/16333351 |url-status=live |access-date=25 May 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120221145448/http://www.economist.com/node/16333351 |archive-date=21 February 2012}}</ref> as well as bans on smacking children.<ref>[https://www.economist.com/world/international/displaystory.cfm?story_id=11455006 "Spare The Rod, Say Some"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080802023730/http://www.economist.com/world/international/displaystory.cfm?story_id=11455006 |date=2 August 2008 }}, ''The Economist'', 31 May 2008.</ref> ''The Economist'' consistently favours guest worker programmes, [[School choice|parental choice of school]], and amnesties,<ref>[https://www.economist.com/opinion/displayStory.cfm?story_id=6744217 Sense, not Sensenbrenner] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080416022312/http://www.economist.com/opinion/displayStory.cfm?story_id=6744217 |date=16 April 2008 }}, The Economist, 30 March 2006</ref> and once published an "obituary" of God.<ref>{{Cite news |date=23 December 1999 |title=Obituary: God |newspaper=The Economist |url=https://www.economist.com/obituary/1999/12/23/god |url-status=live |access-date=7 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191207135600/https://www.economist.com/obituary/1999/12/23/god |archive-date=7 December 2019}}</ref> ''The Economist'' also has a long record of supporting [[gun control]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=8 April 2009 |title=Lexington: Reflections on Virginia Tech |newspaper=The Economist |url=https://www.economist.com/node/13447986 |url-status=live |access-date=13 April 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110511091608/http://www.economist.com/node/13447986 |archive-date=11 May 2011}}</ref>
In British general elections, ''The Economist'' has endorsed the [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] (in 2005 and 2024),<ref>{{Cite news |date=28 April 2005 |title=There is no alternative (alas) |url=https://www.economist.com/leaders/2005/04/28/there-is-no-alternative-alas |access-date=2024-07-06 |work=The Economist |issn=0013-0613}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Keir Starmer should be Britain’s next prime minister |url=https://www.economist.com/leaders/2024/06/27/keir-starmer-should-be-britains-next-prime-minister |website=The Economist|date=27 June 2024}}</ref> the [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]] (in 2010 and 2015),<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/media/2010/apr/29/the-economist-backs-conservatives "The Economist backs the Conservatives"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171018124627/https://www.theguardian.com/media/2010/apr/29/the-economist-backs-conservatives |date=18 October 2017 }}, ''The Guardian'' (PA report), 29 April 2010.</ref><ref name="The Economist">{{Cite news |date=2 May 2015 |title=Who should govern Britain? |newspaper=The Economist |url=https://www.economist.com/news/leaders/21650113-despite-risk-europe-coalition-led-david-cameron-should-have-second-term-who |url-status=live |access-date=11 May 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150506123551/http://www.economist.com/news/leaders/21650113-despite-risk-europe-coalition-led-david-cameron-should-have-second-term-who |archive-date=6 May 2015}}</ref> and the [[Liberal Democrats (UK)|Liberal Democrats]] (in 2017 and 2019),<ref>{{Cite
{{blockquote|What, besides free trade and free markets, does ''The Economist'' believe in? "It is to the Radicals that ''The Economist'' still likes to think of itself as belonging. The extreme centre is the paper's historical position". That is as true today as when Crowther [Geoffrey, ''Economist'' editor 1938–1956] said it in 1955. ''The Economist'' considers itself the enemy of privilege, pomposity and predictability. It has backed conservatives such as [[Ronald Reagan]] and [[Margaret Thatcher]]. It has supported the Americans in [[Vietnam]]. But it has also endorsed [[Harold Wilson]] and [[Bill Clinton]], and espoused a variety of liberal causes: opposing capital punishment from its earliest days, while favouring penal reform and decolonisation, as well as—more recently—gun control and gay marriage.<ref name="About us">{{Cite news |date=18 November 2010 |title=About us |newspaper=The Economist |url=https://www.economist.com/help/about-us#About_The_Economist |url-status=live |access-date=21 September 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160921080832/http://www.economist.com/help/about-us#About_The_Economist |archive-date=21 September 2016}}</ref>}}
In 2008, ''The Economist'' commented that [[Cristina Fernández de Kirchner]], the president of Argentina at the time, was "Dashing hopes of change, Argentina's new president is leading her country into economic peril and social conflict".<ref>{{Cite news |date=1 May 2008 |title=Cristina in the land of make believe |newspaper=The Economist |url=https://www.economist.com/world/la/displaystory.cfm?story_id=11293743 |url-status=live |access-date=20 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080706153609/http://www.economist.com/world/la/displaystory.cfm?story_id=11293743 |archive-date=6 July 2008}}</ref> ''The Economist'' also called for [[impeachment of Bill Clinton|Bill Clinton's impeachment]],<ref>{{Cite news |date=17 September 1998 |title=Just go |newspaper=The Economist |url=https://www.economist.com/leaders/1998/09/17/just-go |url-status=live |access-date=27 August 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190827225228/https://www.economist.com/leaders/1998/09/17/just-go |archive-date=27 August 2019 |issn=0013-0613}}</ref>
==Circulation==
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Each of ''The Economist'' issues' official date range is from Saturday to the following Friday. ''The Economist'' posts each week's new content online at approximately 21:00 Thursday evening UK time, ahead of the official publication date.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2 August 2011 |title=The Economist launches on Android |newspaper=The Economist |url=https://www.economist.com/blogs/babbage/2011/08/service-announcement |url-status=live |access-date=26 February 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180227035402/https://www.economist.com/blogs/babbage/2011/08/service-announcement |archive-date=27 February 2018}}</ref> From July to December 2019, their average global [[Circulation (journal)|print circulation]] was over 909,476, while combined with their digital presence, runs to over 1.6 million.<ref name="pgazette" /> However, on a weekly average basis, the paper can reach up to 5.1 million readers, across their print and digital runs.<ref name="pgazette" /> Across their social media platforms, it reaches an audience of 35 million, as of 2016.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ponsford |first=Dominic |date=8 March 2016 |title=The Economist boasts 1.5m magazine circulation and 36m social media followers |url=https://www.pressgazette.co.uk/economist-boasts-15m-magazine-circulation-and-36m-social-media-followers/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200324020103/https://www.pressgazette.co.uk/economist-boasts-15m-magazine-circulation-and-36m-social-media-followers/ |archive-date=24 March 2020 |access-date=23 March 2020 |website=Press Gazette |language=en-US}}</ref>
In 1877, the publication's circulation was 3,700, and in 1920 it had risen to 6,000. Circulation increased rapidly after 1945, reaching 100,000 by 1970.<ref name="About us" /> Circulation is audited by the [[Audit Bureau of Circulations (UK)|Audit Bureau of Circulations]] (ABC). From around 30,000 in 1960 it has risen to near 1 million by 2000 and by 2016 to about 1.3 million.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Lucinda Southern |date=17 February 2016 |title=The Economist Plans to Double Circulation Profits in 5 Years |url=http://digiday.com/publishers/economist-aims-double-circulation-profits-5-years/ |url-status=live |magazine=[[Digiday]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160711081658/http://digiday.com/publishers/economist-aims-double-circulation-profits-5-years/ |archive-date=11 July 2016 |access-date=7 July 2016}}</ref> Approximately half of all sales (54%) originate in the United States with sales in the United Kingdom making 14% of the total and continental Europe 19%.<ref name="gainsreaders">{{Cite web |date=8 March 2006 |title='Economist' Magazine Wins American Readers |website=[[NPR]] |url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5250996 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070505233744/http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5250996 |archive-date=5 May 2007 |access-date=27 December 2006 }}</ref> Of its American readers, two out of three earn more than $100,000 a year. ''The Economist'' has sales, both by subscription and at newsagents, in over 200 countries. ''The Economist'' once boasted about its limited circulation. In the early 1990s it used the slogan "''The Economist'' – not read by millions of people". [[Geoffrey Crowther, Baron Crowther|Geoffrey Crowther]], a former editor, wrote: "Never in the history of journalism has so much been read for so long by so few."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Moseley |first=Ray |title='Economist' aspires to influence, and many say it does British weekly boasts of limited readership, banks on snob appeal |work=The Chicago Tribune |url-access=subscription |url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=DM&p_theme=dm&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0ED3D3B56996BE43&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM |date=September 26, 1993 |url-status=dead |access-date=14 May 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110809032838/http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=DM&p_theme=dm&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0ED3D3B56996BE43&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM |archive-date=9 August 2011}}</ref>
==Censorship==
[[File:A page ripped out from The Economist by China's censorship department (cropped).jpg|thumb|232x232px|A copy of ''The Economist'' in [[Liaoning Provincial Museum|Liaoning Provincial Library]]. Page 28 from the 1 June 2019 issue, about the [[1989 Tiananmen Square Protests]], has been removed.]]<!-- The camera location given in the metadata of the image matches the location of the library -->
Sections of ''The Economist'' criticising authoritarian regimes are frequently removed from the paper by the authorities in those countries. Like many other publications, ''The Economist'' is subjected to censorship in [[Iran]]. On 15 June 2006, [[Iran]] banned the sale of ''The Economist'' when it published a map labelling the [[Persian Gulf]] simply as Gulf—a choice that derives its political significance from the [[Persian Gulf naming dispute]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Iran bans ''The Economist'' over map |url=http://fr.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1150191582529&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull |date=Jun 14, 2006 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111223062030/http://fr.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1150191582529&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull |archive-date=23 December 2011 |access-date=31 January 2007 |website=[[The Jerusalem Post]]}}</ref>▼
▲Like many other publications, ''The Economist'' is subjected to censorship in [[Iran]]. On 15 June 2006, [[Iran]] banned the sale of ''The Economist'' when it published a map labelling the [[Persian Gulf]] simply as Gulf—a choice that derives its political significance from the [[Persian Gulf naming dispute]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Iran bans ''The Economist'' over map |url=http://fr.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1150191582529&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull |date=Jun 14, 2006 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111223062030/http://fr.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1150191582529&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull |archive-date=23 December 2011 |access-date=31 January 2007 |website=[[The Jerusalem Post]]}}</ref>
In a separate incident, the government of [[Zimbabwe]] went further and imprisoned ''The Economist''{{'}}s correspondent there, [[Andrew Meldrum]]. The government charged him with violating a statute on "publishing untruth" for writing that a woman was decapitated by supporters of the ruling [[Zimbabwe African National Union – Patriotic Front]] party. The [[decapitation]] claim was retracted,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Guardian and RFI correspondent risks two years in jail |url=http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=2574 |date=11 June 2002 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090404211952/http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=2574 |archive-date=4 April 2009 |access-date=2 April 2014 |website=[[Reporters Without Borders]]}}</ref> and allegedly fabricated by the woman's husband. The correspondent was later acquitted, only to receive a [[deportation]] order. On 19 August 2013, ''The Economist'' disclosed that the [[Missouri Department of Corrections]] had censored its issue of 29 June 2013. According to the letter sent by the department, prisoners were not allowed to receive the issue because "1. it constitutes a threat to the security or discipline of the institution; 2. may facilitate or encourage criminal activity; or 3. may interfere with the rehabilitation of an offender".<ref>{{Cite news |date=19 August 2013 |title=The Economist in prison: About that missing issue |newspaper=The Economist |url=https://www.economist.com/blogs/democracyinamerica/2013/08/economist-prison |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |access-date=2 April 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131027204022/http://www.economist.com/blogs/democracyinamerica/2013/08/economist-prison |archive-date=27 October 2013}}</ref>
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