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推荐经济学人

2014-09-03 Shanghai

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Ladies and乡亲们,请允许我为大家推荐一份杂志:《经济学人》

过去我一直以为经济学人是一份纯学术期刊,看名字就是经济学家看的东西。

如果学术意味着无聊和脱离实际的学院气,那绝对不适合用来评价这本杂志。有几点是这本杂志非常出众的部分:

即使是对于意识形态上编辑并不喜欢的事情,经济学人也基本上可以保持客观的立场。有时候会让我有一种感觉,他们的编辑是这么想的:

“不管我们的看法是什么,对于想要在这个地区做生意和生活的人,他们需要事实及深入的分析,而不是我们对于这件事情的态度。”

阅读经济学人的文章,经常会在行文到某处时,突然出现惊喜。一件事情,我往往只能想到一两层,杂志的编辑们却时常有额外的见解。

关于春夏之秋发生的事情,他们说出了这样一个观点:

To avoid a similar fate for China, he went on his famous “southern tour” to drum up support for a fresh round of economic reform. It was this bold move, in the face of stiff conservative resistance, rather than the crushing of largely peaceful dissent, that laid the groundwork for China’s prosperity today.

Source: The lessons of history by @TheEconomist

请特别注意第二句话。以后再有搅屎棍说,因为这件事情,才有了今天的经济腾飞,我就不会被他搅进去了。

其他国家的情况我不知道,但是对于中国的事情,他们的分析会叫我有种想要拍桌子的冲动:哪里去找这么了解中国的记者?

和大多数的英文新闻网站一样,经济学人目前还可以顺利在国内访问。网站本身会限制每周只能阅读三篇文章,这个限制问题不大,因为:

经济学人关于中国的报道每周数量都在三篇左右,多了也没得看。对于刚开始看的人,还是不要贪多为好。

经济学人在中国区的网页版订购价格相当便宜,3块钱人民币不到。等每周三篇满足不了你的时候,一年200块钱相信也不是太过分。 通过pocket可以绕过此限制。

OK,下面我摘了一些亚马逊上读者对于经济学人的评价:

It’s important to understand that reading The Economist takes some commitment of time and effort, probably at least two or three hours an issue. Every article is deeply analytical, and many stories are revisited weekly for updates. This is a NEWS magazine, not a news MAGAZINE, if that makes sense.

So, if you’re ready and willing to spend some time reading thoughtful, thought-provoking, in-depth analysis of the news of the world, you won’t find a better news magazine than The Economist.

Bill Gates once said in an interview that he reads every page of The Economist. It’s no coincidence that so do a lot of other smart and influential political, business, academic and media leaders throughout the world. If you want to know everything about everything, you need to start reading this on a weekly basis.