” When I was in college (some years ago) the Economist was a serious, tightly written journal of economic liberty.”
Exactly my experience - early ‘80’s in the days of Thatcher and Reagan, when I was in college, The Economist was outstanding. Now it is indistinguishable from Newsweek, Time and other leftist nonsense.
You want a good weekly? Try the Weekly Standard, although I have to admit I let my subscritpion lapse when they came out in support of illegal immigration a few years back. I want to come back to the fold, but I need them to help me on this issue. Actually, they are the ones who weirded out, and need to take corrective action!
Confirms my experience. When Andrew Knight was the Editor up until 85/86 it was outstanding. It's been all downhill since then. Their blinkers about the shortcomings of the European experiment ahve been particulaly painful to watch.