[lbo-talk] Left alternative to The Economist? An Anti-Economist?

Marvin Gandall marvgandall at videotron.ca
Wed Aug 15 07:25:41 PDT 2007


Bob W. wrote:


> "Liberals" who read the Economist (charmed by its
> glossy look, hip writing, "toughminded" attention to
> the under-reported but foundational economic level)
> are the same ones who will vote for Hillary. 'Nuff
> said.
============================ Marx used to pore over The Economist in the reading room of the British Museum in developing his analysis of capitalism. I don't know how anyone can gather enough hard information and understand what is happening today without paying careful attention to the material in the Economist as well as the Financial Times and Wall Street Journal. Sorry to say the Nation, Counterpunch, and International Socialist Review are pretty thin by comparison; most of their writers, in fact, also get their information second-hand from these sources and major dailies like the New York Times and Washington Post..



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