Review: The finest, most unbiased weekly newsmagazine you can buy
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 11 11, 2010
If what you want is fair reporting, full reporting and the news from a totally objective point of view, you won't ever go wrong with The Economist. It is, and always has been, THE most credible, most respected, most prized news and financial magazine. And, being a British publication, it is well-written and smart. It is also well organized.To be sure, the magazine is opinionated and expresses that opinion. This is perhaps not a good thing. For example, in a recent article we read, "America has proposed limiting these imbalance to 4% of GDP. That is too rigid, but there is plenty of scope for the G20 to agree on the ranges countries' current-account balances should reach."This is from the "Leaders" section, not opinion or editorial. So the reader needs to determine if he believes the writer or not.Now, about the Kindle price. It's way too high and I wouldn't pay it. I subscribe to the online edition of The Economist and I use free software to put it on my Kindle. In fact, I do that with all my newspapers and magazines. I would never pay what Amazon charges.I read yesterday that Kindle is starting to offer publishers a deal: the publisher gets 70 percent and Amazon keeps thirty. That should mean more digital content for your Kindle at a lower cost. I hope so. But until then, don't pay this price for The Economist. Otherwise, I highly recommend it.-- Susanna K. Hutcheson