I purchased the Economist as a supplement to more expensive financial investment news services online. I had read special editions purchased at news stand prices, and found it almost too much to read in a week. The regular weekly edition is well organized, with capsule summaries of events up front, and longer feature articles on the same subjects further back.The British and European news and political bias is different than what we get on CNBC, Investors Business Daily, and USA Today. Many of the writers are very good, but the usual lack of credibility stands out in some others.