The thing about The Economist - there are small handful of topics, I do know something about. When The Economist writes about them, I tend to think "hey, that's a pretty good article". That tends to give me confidence in the quality of the rest of its coverage.
I don't always agree with it, but it's at least well argued and thought provoking.
I don't always agree with it, but it's at least well argued and thought provoking.