Links tagged with “economist”
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The Economist’s Tom Standage on digital strategy and the limits of a model based on advertising » Nieman Journalism Lab
Really good interview, on finishability, advertising, types of digital news models. (via Tom Taylor)
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The Amen break: Just a sample | The Economist
Finally got round to reading/listening to all of this, 15 months after everyone else linked to it. I love this stuff, because I’m so oblivious to the details of samples normally.
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Populations: End of history and the last woman | The Economist
Taking projections of declining birth rates literally results in Hong Kong’s population dying out in 2798, Brazil by year 5000.
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The battle of Towton: Nasty, brutish and not that short | The Economist
Fascinating account of a War of the Roses battle from an excavated mass grave. I didn’t know men of the time weren’t much shorter than the average today (people shrank in the Victorian era). (via Kottke)
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Britain’s “broken society”: Through a glass darkly | The Economist
Good article on how many things that you’d think would define “broken Britain” have been improving. Britain’s better.
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YouNotSneaky!: How to read The Economist
Several friends seem to rate the Economist, which confuses the lefty in me. But this is a handy guide. (via Haddock)