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{{quote|''First published in September 1843 to take part in "a severe contest between intelligence, which presses forward, and an unworthy, timid ignorance obstructing our progress."'' |
''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]].
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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".
Somewhat amusingly, for all of the hauteur of its style, writers for ''The Economist''
It's also highly successful, being one of the few print magazines to have gained circulation in the past 10 years, to a total of 1.2 million. Only 14% of that circulation is in the UK, probably making
Fond of the [[Political Cartoon]], often less [[Anvilicious]] than most examples (if only because the cartoons are usually paired with articles that explain the issues anyway).
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