You either love the Economist or you hate it. What makes the Economist different – indeed, so different it is hard to name a close competitor – is first the global spread of its coverage, and second the analytical perspective of its articles. The Economist is a news magazine that doesn’t just report events. The articles are short but usually pack an analytical twist – a forecast, an analysis of implications, or an under-reported but revealing tale. Each week covering the Americas, Europe, Asia, the Middle East and Africa, as well as Business and Finance.