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''The Economist'' is a weekly news magazine (it calls itself a news''paper'' for historical reasons) published in Britain but read around the world. It caters to an intellectual audience, and [[Viewers Are Geniuses|knows it]].

[[Long Runners|It has been published continuously since it was founded in September 1843]], [[Single Issue Wonk|to campaign for the repeal of the Corn Laws]]. Ever since, the magazine has never hidden its preference for [[Useful Notes/Political Ideologies|Classical Liberalism]], but it approaches politics from a utilitarian and pragmatic perspective. Thus, it tends to feel more "centrist with a moderate classical liberal lean."

[[Long Runners|It has been published continuously since it was founded in September 1843]], [[Single-Issue Wonk|to campaign for the repeal of the Corn Laws]]. Ever since, the magazine has never hidden its preference for [[Useful Notes/Political Ideologies|Classical Liberalism]], but it approaches politics from a utilitarian and pragmatic perspective. Thus, it tends to feel more "centrist with a moderate classical liberal lean."

The writing style is [[Deadpan Snarker|clever and dry]], and the writers are ''extremely'' [[Hurricane of Puns|fond of puns]], [[Incredibly Lame Pun|incredibly lame and otherwise]]. [[Bilingual Bonus|These are often multilingual]], frequently [[Smart People Know Latin|requiring a working knowledge of Latin]], and they [[Don't Explain the Joke]]. The magazine's policy of always providing background information about famous people or entities can lead to heaping doses of [[Captain Obvious]], such as their description of "[[Jackie Chan]], a kung-fu actor from Hong Kong".

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* [http://www.economist.com/node/18330435?story_id=18330435 It has also featured] a [[Genre Savvy|how-to guide]] on becoming a [[Villain With Good Publicity]].

* [http://www.economist.com/blogs/democracyinamerica/2011/03/defence_spending_and_libya?fsrc=scn/fb/wl/bl/whatisthepoint This Economist article] mentions a trope (which happens to also be a meme) by name. Courtesy of Libya's revolution:

{{quote| The only European state pressing hard for air strikes in Libya is France, which has no bitter memories of foolish support for the invasion of Iraq because France opposed that invasion. [[~~Whos~~ Laughing Now|Who's a]] [[Cheese Eating Surrender Monkeys|cheese-eating surrender monkey]] now, eh?}}

{{quote| The only European state pressing hard for air strikes in Libya is France, which has no bitter memories of foolish support for the invasion of Iraq because France opposed that invasion. [[Who's Laughing Now?|Who's a]] [[Cheese-Eating Surrender Monkeys|cheese-eating surrender monkey]] now, eh?}}

* [http://www.economist.com/node/21529043 This Economist article] on the economic reforms in [[Commie Land|Cuba]] has in reference to the nation's taxes the following under the image: [[Zero Wing|Half your monies are belong to us.]]

* [[Everything Is Online]] is explored [http://www.economist.com/node/21531116?fsrc=scn/fb/wl/ar/upclose here].