The Economist subscription...

Does anyone subscribe to the Economist? How much do you pay?

The cheapest I can find on the net is £72.00 for a year (51 issues). I've been told that students can receive a further discount? I haven't found anything on this though.

Does anyone have a cheaper link?

Reply 1

Jack

http://www.student-subscription-service.co.uk/magazine-the-economist.asp

Reply 2

Kendra

2

What I've done is £12 for 12 issues, then might just cancel it after that and go for the £62 for the year, but that's payable every quarter and AFAIK the student subscription service you must pay it up front?

Reply 3

N9ne

7

Damn I didn't know about the student discount! I subscribed in early January 2005, so I'll have to renew it soon. I can't remember how much I paid but I know it was more than £70.

Reply 4

wazzup

ask your school to get one. my school has one. so i have an access to all the info on website and can get the magazine itself in the library.

Reply 5

sugardaddy

OP

1

Jack

http://www.student-subscription-service.co.uk/magazine-the-economist.asp

On the money, thanks for the link :top:

Reply 6

Socrates

17

62 quid is what I paid for a year...

Reply 7

izsushant

5

I paid £12 for 12 issues aswell
This will do me well for interviews and stuff and after that i will cancel.
I might restart when i am in UNI but not before that
:biggrin:

Reply 8

N9ne

7

izsushant

I paid £12 for 12 issues aswell
This will do me well for interviews and stuff and after that i will cancel.
I might restart when i am in UNI but not before that
:biggrin:

That's not the right attitude to take. The Economist is a magazine you should really be reading all the time, not just for an interview! If you want to do Economics at university, then reading the Economist should be something you want to do, and start now!

Reply 9

President_Ben

15

Reading from the Economist has... minimal input relation to what you do at uni in a few courses (max).

The Economist is useful for applying your theory (in your head more than anything) to something real world to make better sense of it and keep it interesting.

Reply 10

N9ne

7

President_Ben

Reading from the Economist has... minimal input relation to what you do at uni in a few courses (max).

The Economist is useful for applying your theory (in your head more than anything) to something real world to make better sense of it and keep it interesting.

I read it not as an educational source per say, but out of interest. The articles are related to the economies of the world, of interest to me as I study Economics.

Reply 11

Kendra

2

N9ne

That's not the right attitude to take. The Economist is a magazine you should really be reading all the time, not just for an interview! If you want to do Economics at university, then reading the Economist should be something you want to do, and start now!

The Economist at the end of the day though is a newspaper and as such should be treated like that, personally I do find it enjoyable and have always been put off paying £3.10/issue for it, but thinking about it, it is something I'd happily pay £1/issue for (oh there's nice supply and demand analysis!). I don't think it's necessary reading though for anyone doing an Economics degree, I just find it easier to digest the weeks news reading the Economist than I do reading a newspaper every day which is something I rarely find myself having time to do (despite amble hours of doing next to nothing, there goes time management issues).

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