What is The Economist?
{{italictitle}} [[File:The Economist Logo.png|thumb|183x183px|''The Economist ''logo.]] '''''The Economist''''' is a [[magazine]] published each week in [[England]]. It was founded in 1843. It currently has about 1.3 million subscribers. It was founded in 1843 by Scotsman James Wilson with assistance from the Anti-Corn Law League as a voice against England’s [[Corn Laws]], regulations governing the import and export of grain. Wilson’s son-in-law Walter Bagehot, who served as editor of ''The Economist'' from 1861 to 1877, expanded the publication’s coverage into politics and strengthened its focus on U.S. affairs. A later admirer of Bagehot's was [[Woodrow Wilson]], president of the United States from 1913 to 1921.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Our history {{!}} Economist Group|url=https://www.economistgroup.com/what_we_do/our_history.html|access-date=2021-07-10|website=www.economistgroup.com}}</ref> In 1992 WT Layton was appointed as editor. His editorship was of profound importance to the newspaper, and he was probably the person to whom it owes most thanks for its survival and continued independence.''The Economist'' is [[Classical liberalism|classically liberal]] and [[Economic liberalism|economically liberal.]] It supports [[International trade|free trade]], [[globalization]], and the legalization of [[same-sex marriage]] and [[illegal drugs]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Economist|url=https://readus247.com/most-unbiased-news-publishers/|access-date=2021-07-10|language=en-US}}</ref> It targets highly educated readers, as well as famous people such as [[Bill Gates]], [[Ronald Reagan]], [[Margaret Thatcher]], and [[Ted Turner]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=2006-09-07|title=Reader reviews|url=http://printmediakit.economist.com/Reader_reviews.40.0.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060907230415/http://printmediakit.economist.com/Reader_reviews.40.0.html|archive-date=2006-09-07|access-date=2019-04-25|website=web.archive.org}}</ref> == Tone and voice == ''The Economist'' has a consistent [[Voice (grammar)|voice]], par