Going all the way back to the 19th century (1843 in Britain), The Economist has earned its editorial reputation of advocating free market economy and its journalism style of concise and consistent writing. Its reporting goes well beyond economy and business issues; the world affairs and politics get a lion share, too.
The magazine claims that it only reaches those readers who are “educated”. Let the snobs define what exactly the educated mounts to. But for those who want to become well-educated in English language, read the magazine often. Or better, to speak the British-accented English well, visit the video/audio section of the magazine’s website and immerse in those audio/video clips it offers.
In North America, speaking with a British accent alone can be taken as one trait of “the educated”. No wonder over the half of The Economist’s readership are in the other side of Atlantic ocean.
