6/27/2023 0 Comments Never read the economistI fell in love with the emotional draw of the articles, especially the personal essays. I was drawn into discussions about international and national topics through an American perspective, one that valued individuality, exceptionalism, and one whose tone was relentlessly optimistic for better or for worse. Vivid depictions of wars raging, famines expanding, and nations failing in faraway places shattered my worldview and enticed me to read more. One afternoon, as I brought in the mail, I looked at the pretty cover of TIME, a magazine my family continually received but never read, and decided to get past the first page. My little bubble was safe and so I assumed that the rest of the world was just like mine. I grew up in a middle class family from suburban Toronto, where our conversations at the dinner table ranged from mild complaints about the potholes on the road to the new pizza place opening on the corner. It is only from the last 4 years that I have started to read the news to better understand the world I live in. I never experienced the stagflation of the 1970’s, never saw the towers fall on 9/11, and did not understand the 2008 financial crisis until after the fact. I barely knew who NSYNC were when they were popular, let alone who Mario Draghi was. Yet, it still remains my favorite publication by far.Ī few months ago, I turned 18 years old. The Economist is an imperfect, classical-liberal publication that over-analyzes problems and occasionally makes grand predictions on limited information. Author: Derrick Cui, Graphics: Nina Tagliabue The BRB Bottomline
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