I really love the Economist (thanks for the subscription, dad!). Apart from being amusingly...

November 23, 2002·1 min read

I really love the Economist (thanks for the subscription, dad!). Apart from being amusingly irreverent*, they also very occasionally come up with great images like this week's cover:

Which is just cool on so many levels.

* Example from this week's the world this week:

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