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“On average, the reporting as well as the basic insights of The Economist are excellent, and the podcast provides a convenient overview of the week's issues. But the more sweeping editorial statements are often laughable and shallow, throwing the entire publication into question. The 19/01/07 post on executive pay provides a nice example. The proponent of the argument, who shounds like a 9th-grader turning in an overdue book report, offers a single tired reason (it's market forces!). And the host fails to attack the position on even the most stable grounds (has anyone shown that executives earning 100X average pay do a better job than executives earning 20X average pay?).
Overall, the podcast is representative of the magazine: a useful perspective, but too out-of-touch to act as a primary source for anybody's news.”Read full review »
Casius King via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
01/23/07
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“The Economist started to make full audio versions of their entire magazine available. Since I love the short intros and love the magazine.... Good news, you can get the cheaper web-subscription and have access to the full audio articles. Bad news, getting it on your ipod is not simple like a...”Read full review »
mayhem9 via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
12/09/08
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“It is great to be able to listen to the editors who choose (and perhaps write) the articles I enjoy. I will be listening to all of these, as long as you produce them, Thanks.”
f_hoffman via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
03/04/11
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“the biggest reason i keep listening is because it keeps getting better. they just started reading the entire text of the magazine which is a plus. but the depth of discussion they've provided during the (US) bailout has been disappointing (compared to other podcasts like CFR) and editorial is...”Read full review »
stevellis via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
12/08/08
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