The Economist

The Economist

British English Newsweek, all eight editions for global distribution, the editorial office is located in London. Founded on September 2, 1843 by James Wilson. The journal is titled The Economist: or the Political, Commercial, Agricultural, and Free Trade Journal.

The British "rail mania" of 1845 was merged with the Bankers' Gazette and the Railway Monitor and renamed The Economist, Weekly Commercial Times, Bankers' Gazette, and the Economist, Weekly Commercial Times, Bankers' Gazette, and Railway Monitor. A Political, Literary and General Newspaper）》

In 1861, Wilson's son-in-law, the British banker and political scientist Walter Bagehot (1826-1877), became the third editor-in-chief and began to cover more political issues in his reporting, intensifying his coverage of American affairs. This reform of the editorial concept has significantly increased the influence of The Economist at home and abroad, and has become an important reference for some political decision-makers. Considered by The Economist to be the greatest editor-in-chief of its history, Bai Zhihao launched a column named after Bai Zhihao in 1986 to commemorate his contributions as editor-in-chief.

From 1922 to 1956, when Walter Layton (1884-1966) and Geoffrey Crowther (1907-1972) were the ninth and tenth editors, The Economist's coverage of international affairs and business topics increased further, reaching new heights of influence and authority.

In 1959, British typographer Reynolds Stone (1909-1979) designed the masthead currently used by The Economist. In 1964, the magazine moved into the Economist Building at 25 St James's Street in Westminster, London, which became not only one of the magazine's hallmarks, but also a masterpiece of post-World War II rough architecture.

In May 2001, the Economist was significantly redesigned for the third time since 1934 and 1987, changing to full-color printing and using redesigned title and body fonts, a layout that continues to this day.

The Economist has always followed its own tradition of omitting the name of the contributor in all columns and keeping the tone of voice consistent throughout the journal. The style of the articles in the whole magazine is uniform, it seems to come from the same person, its writing style is plain but rigorous, there is a precise use of language, and it shows a restrained sense of humor. Essays are written in a tight style, trying to cover as much information as possible in a limited space. The publisher of The Atlantic, David M. David G. Bradley described The Economist's style as "a unified expression of a unified worldview in a compact and engaging style." ”

The cover date of each issue of The Economist is from Saturday to next Friday, divided into eight editions in Africa, Asia Pacific, Europe, the European Union, Latin America, the Middle East, North America and the United Kingdom, of which only the British version will have more articles than other versions, while the rest of the editions are mostly only different in the order of the columns. The print edition was printed simultaneously in six countries on Thursday afternoon and arrived at most newspaper outlets and subscriber homes around the world on Friday or Saturday. The official website publishes a new issue every Thursday at around 6pm UK time. Since July 2007, the full content of each issue will also be published on its official website in MP3 audio format in parallel with the electronic version of the publication.

The Economist focuses on global current affairs, politics and business news, but also has a dedicated science and art section. Approximately every two weeks, a "special report" (formerly known as a "survey") is published that explores an issue in depth, focusing on five broad categories: business, national and regional, economics and finance, science and technology, and others. Every three months, a special article on science and technology titled "Science and Technology Quarterly" is published, which is about the latest trends and developments in the technology industry. At the end of each year, a special issue of The World in... is edited and published (the ellipsis refers to the year, and the title means "... Years of the World"), looking forward to the international situation in the coming year. Starting in April 2015, the editorial board will select some articles from each issue to be translated into Chinese and published through the "Economist Discussion" app for readers who use Chinese to pay for subscription.

In January 2012, The Economist launched a weekly publication<中国>, the <美国>first national column after the 1941 column.

<Bagehot>(UK)

It is a classic of the early editor-in-chief of The Economist, the nineteenth-century British banker and political scientist Walter Bai Zhihao. The current columnist is Adrian Wooldridge.

<Banyan>(Asia)

In the shade of the banyan tree is the Gujarat (a traditional ethnic group of the Indian state of Gujarat, speaking Gujarati, belonging to the Indo-Aryan branch. A place in the entrepreneurial business) where vendors do business. The current columnist is Dominic Ziegler.

<Bartleby>(Commercial)

A short story by the American writer Herman Melville (1819-1891), "Bartleby the Clerk", the protagonist of which is a character who lives in a Wall Street law firm in New York, but does not participate in social work, and passively resists in his own strange way. The current columnist is Philip Coggan.

<Bello>(Americas)

Focusing on Latin America, and the great educator, jurist and thinker, poet and diplomat of Andrés Bello (1781-1865), born in Venezuela. A figure in the currency of Venezuela and Chile. Founding president of the University of Chile (1843), the chief straw man of Chilean civil law (1852), it immediately became a model of legislation in Colombia, Brazil, Mexico and other countries after its passage in 1855. Advocates and firmly believes in the establishment of the rule of law through education, equality before the law for all, and the openness of all countries to global ideas and goods. The current columnist is Michael Reid (journalist).

<Buttonwood>(Finance and Economics)

Focus on finance, the American plane tree was one of the landmarks on Wall Street when the New York Stock Exchange was established on May 17, 1792. The current columnist is John O'Sullivan.

<Chaguan>(China)

The Hanyu Pinyin of "Tea House" is a reference to it. The current columnist is David Rennie.

<Charlemagne>(Europe)

Carolus Magnus (768-814), King of Frank. The current columnist is Jeremy Cliffe.

< Free Exchange > (Finance and Economics)

The current columnist is Ryan Avent.

<Johnson>(Books & Art)

Focusing on English linguistics, samuel Johnson (1709-1784), the great English lexicographer. Current columnist lane greene

<Lexington>(USA)

The town of Lexington, Massachusetts, was the site of the first battle of the American Revolutionary War. The current columnist is James Astill.

<Schumpeter>(Commercial)

The great Austrian-American economist Joseph Alois Schumpeter (1883-1950) is a reference. The current columnists are Patrick Foulis and Henry Tricks.

The Economist is the only publication in the British weekly and weekly newspapers to publish authoritative official economic data, and its judgment of the quality of data in various countries in the world has also had an important impact on the world.

One of its most notable achievements was the invention of the Big Mac index in September 1986 by editor Pam Woodall, which roughly estimates the purchasing power parity exchange rate between different currencies by comparing the sales price of a big Mac burger at McDonald's in countries around the world.

From 2002 to 2015, The Economist held the annual Economist Innovation Awards, which are divided into categories such as Biosciences, Computing and Communications, Energy and Environment, Social and Economic Innovation, Business Process Innovation, Consumer Products, And Enterprise Innovation Awards, with a special "Borderless" category. Nominations take place in April and the award ceremony takes place in November. Since 2016, the annual Innovation Summit, founded by the newspaper, has continued to be held as usual, but there is no longer an innovation award.

Since 2013, The Economist has published "country of the year" in its annual Christmas issue, and the "country of the year" must have changed significantly in the past year and contributed to the international community.

The Economist once described the Shanghai Free Trade Zone as Dampsquib (wet water cannonball, useless stuff).

The Economist Group is a British international media conglomerate headquartered in London, and its most famous publication is The Economist magazine.

The bimonthly magazine "1843" published by the Economist Group was launched in June 2016, with the title of "Ancestral Journal" as the title of the "Ancestral Journal", in honor of the sages. "1843" deeply observes and analyzes "trees", and "The Economist" focuses on reporting and commenting on "forests".

The Main Shareholders of the Economist Group include the Cadbury family in the United Kingdom, the Rothschild family, the Schroeder family and the Agnelli family in Italy.

Born in Hawick, Scotland, james Wilson (1805-1860), died and buried in Kolkata, India, the predecessor of Standard Chartered Bank, the founder of the New Gold Mountain China Union Bank and the Economist Group.

In August 2015, The Economist Group repurchased 5 million shares worth $284 million from Pearson, while pearson's remaining $447 million stake was sold to Italian investment firm Exor.

Exor's acquisition of three-fifths of Pearson's then-owned stake in The Economist Group was "the most important change in the economist's ownership structure in the last 90 years." Exor already held a stake in The Economist Group prior to the acquisition. Pearson Group, which owned the Financial Times at the time, had a 50% non-controlling interest in the Economist Group since 1928. The remaining two-fifths of Pearson's shares were repurchased by The Economist Group.

Exor N.V. is an Italian holding company incorporated in the Netherlands and owned by the Italian Agnelli family. It has a total capital of nearly $24 billion and has more than a century of investment history. Its major investments include Stylantis, PartnerRe, Ferrari Automotive, CNH Industrial, Juventus Football Club and The Economist. According to the results of the 2018 Fortune Global 500 list, Exor ranks first in Italy by income and 37th in the world by income.