The Economist was founded by the British businessman and banker James Wilson in 1843, to advance the repeal of the Corn Laws, a system of import tariffs. A prospectusfor the newspaper from 5 August 1843 enumerated

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Shareholders
Pearson plc held a 50% shareholding via The Financial Times Limited until August 2015. At that time, Pearson sold their share in the Economist. The Agnelli family's Exorpaid £287m to raise their stake from 4.7% to 43.4% while the

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Though it has many individual columns, by tradition and current practice the newspaper ensures a uniform voice—aided by the anonymity of writers—throughout its pages, as if most

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The presence of data journalism in The Economist can be traced to its founding year in 1843. Initially, the weekly published basic international tradefigures and tables. The paper first included a

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The editorial stance of The Economist primarily revolves around classical, social, and most notably, economic liberalism. Since its founding, it has supported radical centrism, favouring policies and governments that maintain centrist politics. The newspaper typically

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Each of The Economist issue's official date range is from Saturday to the following Friday. The Economist posts each week's new content

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The Economist's primary focus is world events, politics and business, but it also runs regular sections on science and technology as well as books and the arts. Approximately every two weeks, the publication includes an in-depth special report (previously called

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