Best three magazines for broad information?

THIS IS CRAZY!!

Why is every one saying the Economist.

I say NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC.

answers on a post card wrote:

THIS IS CRAZY!!

Why is every one saying the Economist.

I say NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC.

I may be alone on this, but I find The Atlantic to be superior to the Economist. Fewer articles (it's a monthly), but you get more intriguing, comprehensive reads there. Check out the Blackwater article from a few months ago on their website... awesome stuff.

And... for just damn good writing (no broad information), check out Sun Magazine (www.thesunmagazine.org). You'll be better for it.

The banking sector I work in is in the non-Western world. The Bank of Japan holds most of the world's hard currency reserves. Chinese Banks are massive behemoths. Every general source mentioned thus far twists the news in their favor likewise any partial group of editorialists. The top 3 I follow for general news are:

Asahi

Al Jazzera

Yomiuri

and many China sources

Intl Finance wrote:

The banking sector I work in is in the non-Western world. The Bank of Japan holds most of the world's hard currency reserves. Chinese Banks are massive behemoths. Every general source mentioned thus far twists the news in their favor likewise any partial group of editorialists. The top 3 I follow for general news are:

Asahi

Al Jazzera

Yomiuri

and many China sources

Is that the one that the terrorists read.

Chinese news is funny.

The Onion

The terrorists read Haaretz Daily.

The New Yorker

The Economist

Harper's

Very good all three.

Interesting article from The Atlantic for those who scoff at the Al Jazeera recommendation:

http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200910/al-jazeera

AJ is the best for understanding the sentiments and politics of Central Asia and the Middle East.

I am sold on Al Jazeera. It's not often I feel like reading a letsrun thread was productive and not simply the unfortunate and most likely counterproductive result of my ADD. Also, I second The Sun Magazine.

MENSA

The Economist

The New Yorker

The Atlantic

Wallace Shawn wrote:

The Economist

The New Yorker

The Atlantic

I think one would be enough its all the same shit.

Think of the amount of time you spend watching the news, reading the news, or listening to the news in a year. Now think back 4 or 5 years and name 20 important things that happened. Good luck. The news is a waste of time unless you really need some water cooler talk.

joiwef wrote:

Think of the amount of time you spend watching the news, reading the news, or listening to the news in a year. Now think back 4 or 5 years and name 20 important things that happened. Good luck. The news is a waste of time unless you really need some water cooler talk.

You better get to bed. Your paper route comes early, junior.

I'll second the Atlantic. My wife gets it but it's great. I also like Wired as a contrast. Great articles, tech and business innovation insight, sweet graphs, and advertisements which show me what I could afford had I studied computer engineering. Bonus: cut rate subscription price.

Ah yes, The Economist, what a periodical! Oxbridge pedantry that enlightens the masses about maize blight in Libya and its effects on GDP and emerging market fungibility. Capitalist rhetoric with some book reviews at the end. The important facts of the world as this thread would have you believe.

The New Left Review is showing some signs of life after being essentially moribund for a couple decades. N+1 is a fantastic new journal. Read these publications with an open mind and your conception of the world changes. Or you can stick with the dull capitalist liturgy that is The Economist, your choice.