Comments on: The Economist flirting with Bloggers

By: mdc

mdc — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 12:35:35 +0000

You listen to R4 and read The Economist? Since I became a lib, but of these things frustrate me too much to bother with.

By: Henry North London

Henry North London — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 11:44:20 +0000

I have 13 years of back issues, I better get on and read them Does anyone want thirteen years worth of back issues of the economist?

Advertising When I started the blog in earnest and learnt about blogging I needed money, so I put ads on the blog, I may actually remove them as I have to date got a piffling 38 pence from Google so far.

By: DavidNcl

DavidNcl — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 19:17:29 +0000

“That said I really quite like the politics of the extreme centre subscribed to by the Economist, though I’m not wholly convinced”

For me, the centre you refer to is about 76.2 light years to the left. The ecomomist is a left wing rag.

By: Charlotte Gore

Charlotte Gore — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 01:36:32 +0000

It’s not an anti-commercial attitude so much as a preference for a nice clean site free of clutter and distracting junk

By: Oranjepan

Oranjepan — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 01:33:55 +0000

Since when was economics about nothing more than raw data? Economic data relates to the real world and it must be applied to the real world, so it’s important to remember to continue to search for information which doesn’t fit neatly into a spreadsheet so that you can explain why your barcharts are misleading (or not).

That said I really quite like the politics of the extreme centre subscribed to by the Economist, though I’m not wholly convinced. I’m also not convinced by your anti-commercial attitude, freckles. I use ads because they break up the text on my blog and I’m generally too lazy or uninspired to find good pictures. I mean, there’s a difference between original content and good content, and though I know everyone would rather have both at the same time and many of us strive for originality, solid rock-steady goodness is like shredded wheat for breakfast… oops, I’m corrupted.

By: Letters From A Tory

Letters From A Tory — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 08:57:46 +0000

The Economist has only let paid subscribers get access to their online content for as long as I can remember.

I suspect that Murdoch et al are now considering a similar pricing plan to save them from financial oblivion.

By: Nick

Nick — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 01:47:42 +0000

Well I know at least a few potential subscribers who would become avid readers if the Economist actually lived up to its name, and actually analysed economic evidence, but hell, I guess it is only another magazine in the end: http://www.samizdata.net/blog/archives/2009/07/the_economist_a_1.html