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Given the number of Economist articles that involve this particular stimulant, I'm starting to wonder what their writing pool is up to on Friday nights.

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Maybe they have a good idea of who their target audience is.

Unhappy middle managers, kids in their early 20s and doctors?

Colombian cartels are in the toughest industry in the world. They have to deal with the police, the military, all sorts of government regulations, picky customers that don't stick to a single brand name, and there's no government there to bail you out if you aren't innovative enough! :P

Ahh, realpolitik. The one startup arena where slashing the top of someone's neck so that their tongue hangs out is considered innovative.

toughest industry in the world

Sounds like someone's never tried smuggling muskets to the Spanish Main.

In current events conversations, participants can usefully be divided into "those who read the Economist", and "other."

There isn't a better magazine, period. And I'm not a banker, or a Tory. I am just under 40 though.

I think you meant to respond to my downvoted comment.

Note that the editors are, in fact, fiscal conservatives for the most part. I had meant to illuminate the coincidence of the downvoted comment's parent mentioning banking.

And sure, "those who read the Economist" can be divided yet again into "those who ONLY read the Economist for current events" and "other." It's the new flag lapel pin for the under 40 crowd. Excuse my while I cough politely.

Don't forget the people who claim to read it but really just use it as intellectual bling.

Technology Quarterly in The Economist is great. The magazine "New Scientist" is also quite good.

"Oooh! Look at me! I read The Economist!"

http://web.archive.org/web/20020425102256/http://www.theonio...

They may not even be indulging deliberately: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/3325948/The-Thames-aw...

Not really surprising. If you read the Economist for a while you will discover that it is a magazine that is exclusively dedicated to the protection of the interests of large banks and hedge funds. So it is not surprising that the journalists are friends with a bunch of bankers. And everyone knows bankers love coke.

Well, it's a Tory magazine for the under-40 crowd. I don't know if that makes it banking-only, but given that banking is the big traditional industry in the UK, sure, I'll bite.

(Incidentally, I don't seem to mind as much when they have a pot-directed story.)

I was not really referring to the intended audience but to the editorial direction. If you pay attention, their editorials (and even their articles) are almost exclusively in favor of the big international banks and various large investment interests.

I am not calling them corrupt maybe it is just their philosophy but, that is a fact.

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