<p>The Economist has some articles online from 1999 onwards: this is a partial selection of some which seemed interesting, though not quite what you are looking for</p>
<p>1999</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.economist.com/unknown/1999/10/21/finance-trick-or-treat" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://www.economist.com/unknown/1999/10/21/finance-trick-or-treat</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.economist.com/unknown/1999/11/04/moneyed-men-in-institutions" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://www.economist.com/unknown/1999/11/04/moneyed-men-in-institutions</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.economist.com/unknown/1999/11/11/stocks-in-trade" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://www.economist.com/unknown/1999/11/11/stocks-in-trade</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.economist.com/unknown/1999/11/18/monopoly-power-over-money" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://www.economist.com/unknown/1999/11/18/monopoly-power-over-money</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.economist.com/unknown/1999/12/09/the-future-of-finance" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://www.economist.com/unknown/1999/12/09/the-future-of-finance</a></li>
</ul>
<p>2013</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.economist.com/schools-brief/2013/09/05/explaining-the-schools-briefs" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://www.economist.com/schools-brief/2013/09/05/explaining-the-schools-briefs</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.economist.com/schools-brief/2013/09/07/crash-course" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://www.economist.com/schools-brief/2013/09/07/crash-course</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.economist.com/schools-brief/2013/09/14/lending-weight" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://www.economist.com/schools-brief/2013/09/14/lending-weight</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.economist.com/schools-brief/2013/09/21/controlling-interest" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://www.economist.com/schools-brief/2013/09/21/controlling-interest</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.economist.com/schools-brief/2013/09/28/sovereign-doubts" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://www.economist.com/schools-brief/2013/09/28/sovereign-doubts</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.economist.com/schools-brief/2013/10/03/calling-to-accounts" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://www.economist.com/schools-brief/2013/10/03/calling-to-accounts</a></li>
</ul>
<p>2016</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.economist.com/leaders/2016/07/21/breakthroughs-and-brickbats" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://www.economist.com/leaders/2016/07/21/breakthroughs-and-brickbats</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.economist.com/news/2016/08/04/which-economists-have-had-the-greatest-impact" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://www.economist.com/news/2016/08/04/which-economists-have-had-the-greatest-impact</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.economist.com/economics-brief/2016/07/23/secrets-and-agents" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://www.economist.com/economics-brief/2016/07/23/secrets-and-agents</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.economist.com/economics-brief/2016/07/30/minskys-moment" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://www.economist.com/economics-brief/2016/07/30/minskys-moment</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.economist.com/economics-brief/2017/08/03/gary-beckers-concept-of-human-capital" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://www.economist.com/economics-brief/2017/08/03/gary-beckers-concept-of-human-capital</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.economist.com/economics-brief/2016/08/06/an-inconvenient-iota-of-truth" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://www.economist.com/economics-brief/2016/08/06/an-inconvenient-iota-of-truth</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.economist.com/economics-brief/2016/08/11/where-does-the-buck-stop" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://www.economist.com/economics-brief/2016/08/11/where-does-the-buck-stop</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.economist.com/economics-brief/2016/08/20/prison-breakthrough" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://www.economist.com/economics-brief/2016/08/20/prison-breakthrough</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.economist.com/economics-brief/2016/08/27/two-out-of-three-aint-bad" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://www.economist.com/economics-brief/2016/08/27/two-out-of-three-aint-bad</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.economist.com/sites/default/files/econbriefs.pdf" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://www.economist.com/sites/default/files/econbriefs.pdf</a></li>
</ul>
<p>2018</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2018/04/12/economists-understand-little-about-the-causes-of-growth" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2018/04/12/economists-understand-little-about-the-causes-of-growth</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2018/04/19/economists-still-lack-a-proper-understanding-of-business-cycles" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2018/04/19/economists-still-lack-a-proper-understanding-of-business-cycles</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2018/04/26/many-results-in-microeconomics-are-shaky" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2018/04/26/many-results-in-microeconomics-are-shaky</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2018/05/03/economists-focus-too-little-on-what-people-really-care-about" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2018/05/03/economists-focus-too-little-on-what-people-really-care-about</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2018/05/10/barriers-to-entry" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2018/05/10/barriers-to-entry</a></li>
</ul>
<p>This clearly misses the older articles.  Google turned up</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://marshallinside.usc.edu/joines/549/articles_pdf/ec901103.txt.pdf" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://marshallinside.usc.edu/joines/549/articles_pdf/ec901103.txt.pdf</a> (Paradigm Lost, November 3, 1990</li>
<li><a href="http://people.tamu.edu/%7Eaglass/econ452/Economist2a.pdf" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://people.tamu.edu/~aglass/econ452/Economist2a.pdf</a> (The Miracle of Trade, 27 January 1996)</li>
<li><a href="http://walkerd.people.cofc.edu/Readings/Markets/schoolsbrief.pdf" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://walkerd.people.cofc.edu/Readings/Markets/schoolsbrief.pdf</a> (Feb 17 1996 - State and Market)</li>
</ul>
<hr />
<p><em>Added:</em> The Economist relaunched the series in 2020, which (including some of those listed above) can be found at</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.economist.com/schools-brief/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://www.economist.com/schools-brief/</a></li>
</ul>

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<p>The economist itself provides an overview, although annoyingly it doesn't include the 1999 articles mentioned by Henry.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.economist.com/schools-brief/?page=1" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://www.economist.com/schools-brief/?page=1</a></p>

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<p>I was wondering whether anyone might have an index of the articles that made up the <em>The Economist</em>'s Schools Brief series that ran from 1975 to 1999 (with a brief refresh in 2013)?  </p>

<p>They were an interesting set of articles that explained economic concepts (with a free market slant, of course, being <em>The Economist</em>) in an easy and accessible form.</p>

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# An index of the The Economist's Schools Brief series

(Asked by: username_0 on 2018-06-27)

I was wondering whether anyone might have an index of the articles that made up the *The Economist*'s Schools Brief series that ran from 1975 to 1999 (with a brief refresh in 2013)?

They were an interesting set of articles that explained economic concepts (with a free market slant, of course, being *The Economist*) in an easy and accessible form.

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## 2 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2018-06-27. Score: 6

The Economist has some articles online from 1999 onwards: this is a partial selection of some which seemed interesting, though not quite what you are looking for

1999

* <https://www.economist.com/unknown/1999/10/21/finance-trick-or-treat>
* <https://www.economist.com/unknown/1999/11/04/moneyed-men-in-institutions>
* <https://www.economist.com/unknown/1999/11/11/stocks-in-trade>
* <https://www.economist.com/unknown/1999/11/18/monopoly-power-over-money>
* <https://www.economist.com/unknown/1999/12/09/the-future-of-finance>

2013

* <https://www.economist.com/schools-brief/2013/09/05/explaining-the-schools-briefs>
* <https://www.economist.com/schools-brief/2013/09/07/crash-course>
* <https://www.economist.com/schools-brief/2013/09/14/lending-weight>
* <https://www.economist.com/schools-brief/2013/09/21/controlling-interest>
* <https://www.economist.com/schools-brief/2013/09/28/sovereign-doubts>
* <https://www.economist.com/schools-brief/2013/10/03/calling-to-accounts>

2016

* <https://www.economist.com/leaders/2016/07/21/breakthroughs-and-brickbats>
* <https://www.economist.com/news/2016/08/04/which-economists-have-had-the-greatest-impact>
* <https://www.economist.com/economics-brief/2016/07/23/secrets-and-agents>
* <https://www.economist.com/economics-brief/2016/07/30/minskys-moment>
* <https://www.economist.com/economics-brief/2017/08/03/gary-beckers-concept-of-human-capital>
* <https://www.economist.com/economics-brief/2016/08/06/an-inconvenient-iota-of-truth>
* <https://www.economist.com/economics-brief/2016/08/11/where-does-the-buck-stop>
* <https://www.economist.com/economics-brief/2016/08/20/prison-breakthrough>
* <https://www.economist.com/economics-brief/2016/08/27/two-out-of-three-aint-bad>
* <https://www.economist.com/sites/default/files/econbriefs.pdf>

2018

* <https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2018/04/12/economists-understand-little-about-the-causes-of-growth>
* <https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2018/04/19/economists-still-lack-a-proper-understanding-of-business-cycles>
* <https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2018/04/26/many-results-in-microeconomics-are-shaky>
* <https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2018/05/03/economists-focus-too-little-on-what-people-really-care-about>
* <https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2018/05/10/barriers-to-entry>

This clearly misses the older articles. Google turned up

* <http://marshallinside.usc.edu/joines/549/articles_pdf/ec901103.txt.pdf> (Paradigm Lost, November 3, 1990
* [http://people.tamu.edu/~aglass/econ452/Economist2a.pdf](http://people.tamu.edu/%7Eaglass/econ452/Economist2a.pdf) (The Miracle of Trade, 27 January 1996)
* <http://walkerd.people.cofc.edu/Readings/Markets/schoolsbrief.pdf> (Feb 17 1996 - State and Market)

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*Added:* The Economist relaunched the series in 2020, which (including some of those listed above) can be found at

* <https://www.economist.com/schools-brief/>


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### Answer by username_2 on 2020-09-11. Score: 0

The economist itself provides an overview, although annoyingly it doesn't include the 1999 articles mentioned by username_1.

<https://www.economist.com/schools-brief/?page=1>


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