The Economist

The Economist is pure propaganda journal you pay high price for. I bought it once to kill my time and it was just another bad decision, buying a random cheap book would be more useful than The Economist telling you lies.

I found the content ok... but wanted to pause my subscription. I then discovered NO ONLINE cancel option. I had to discuss it with someone who spent the whole time trying to sell. This wasted considerable time and says a lot about the business. I will never again subscribe.

The Economist offers a cheap subscription with an auto-renewal, but do not tell you that they will never notify you when new issues are released. You're just supposed to "know" that it's weekly, and decide to go to their portal to see the new articles.

Which begs the question, why would I go, when I don't know what articles are there? What magazine assumes that it's the subscriber's responsibility to schedule weekly visits to their website? What magazine never tells you when there's a new issue?

So I received not a single notice of new issues or articles, nor any notice of renewals... then discovered it on my credit card 9 months and $147 later. Customer service was absolutely impenetrable; they only refunded the current quarter.

Absolutely disgraceful business practices. And they're in London, so... good luck suing them.

I got a subscription (annual I was told) during The Economist marketing campaign on the streets of NYC. It was in spring. Today i saw a charge on my credit card for $69. I called them. Apparently it's $69 per quarter. You can't cancel it online. They cancel it on the phone, but then don't give you any confirmation. And they say that email confirmation takes up to 48 hours do be delivered:)

So not only they are bias in their articles. They are also the worst example of liberalism - lies, lies, lies. Never again.

Got a gift digital and magazine subscription. One month later, the website isn't accessible and the magazine isn't showing up. Customer service is non-existent and won't respond to emails. Maybe getting delivery by carrier pigeon would be better. The gift giver is asking the bank to cancel the order. Just save yourself the time and hassle and don't bother.

I am an American who has subscribed to The Economist for 15 years. I have appreciated the European perspective on global news. The Economist used to be a very balanced news publication but I'm sad to say that they have lost independent thought and have gleefully boarded the liberal bandwagon. I am unfortunately cancelling my subscription to The Economist to seek unbiased news elsewhere.