The Economist , probably the best contemporary business and political magazine going. You can disagree with them. That is important. The most powerful thing the Economist has is a fantastically tight editorial style.
By keeping a unified Voice and editorial bias with unique insight and depth of analysis, the Economist is a great read. Newsweek, Time, Forbes, etc. in the English press can't compare to the Economists, reach and global perspective.
If you think, act or even think you act on the global stage, then the Economist is for you. The editors have a dissociated understatement, that can be off putting at first, but provides a steady and considered voice.
Especially in the states where media is about sound bites and blow hard opinion pieces singing to their respective choirs, the Economist is a welcome change. Humor and dry wit are put in place with well reasoned analysis and the occasional bon mot.
As a 17 year fan, I have appreciated their honesty in admitting mistakes over the years; $5 oil for example was headline that called the bottom of the oil market. The glocal depth of analysis and objective eye are second to none.
One reporter was told to write about things with the detached view of a benign god looking down. That may sound cold advice, but often it leads to the kind of journalism that ends up looking closer to what gets recorded in the history books instead of the knee jerk reaction that might sell more soap ads to the locals.
If you value quality, then pay the extra price for the Economist. If you get the chance to meet an Economist reader strike up a conversation, you may find they are the type of person who not only speaks, but has something to say as well.
