From its beginnings in 1843, when The Economist newspaper was founded by a Scottish hat manufacturer to further the cause of free trade, The Economist Group has evolved into a staunchly independent global media and information-services company with intelligent brands for an international audience.
The Economist reports that recent commodity busts have left more of a mark on the barren mining region of northern Chile than preceding booms. For example, Sierra Gorda, a ramshackle copper-mining village in the middle of the Atacama Desert, now finds itself in a hole. It actually looks like it is heading toward a decrepitude, despite huge…
In the midst of the Euro-crisis, the Economist means that no news is bad news. The worst of the crisis seems to over, and gone are the panic-stricken sessions of last year. Today, Europe’s leaders note, reform is under way across most of the euro zone and some southern European countries are regaining their competitiveness….
In the latest transport developments: Although it is true that, as compared with other modes of transport, train technology might seem to be progressing rather slowly. New train technologies are less visible and spread less quickly than improvements to cars or planes. However, there is still plenty of innovation going on, and ideas are steadily making…
The Economist reports on the world’s next imminent step forward – the continued alleviation of poverty. Statistics show that nearly 1 billion people have been taken out of extreme poverty in 20 years, so it’s not too far-fetched to assume the world can well continue this trend. Some 5 decades after Harry Truman expressed his concern…
Let’s face it, nobody likes that tangled web of cables hanging underneath your computer desk or around your television set. Well, thanks to glorious technological advancements in the form of Gigabit Wi-Fi, this might soon be a problem of the past. Of course, electronics still need to be plugged into power sockets, but the means for delivering…
America and the European Union have a chance to achieve something large: a transatlantic pact that could likely liberalize a third of global trade. Done right, it could ensue a transatlantic tipping-point of an economic model favouring openness, free markets, free peoples and the rule of law over the closed, managed visions of state capitalism. Right…
