What is The Economist Historical Archive, 1843–2006?
Founded to support free trade and freedom of the individual, The Economist was first published on 2 September 2, 1843. Since then it has been regarded as one of the world’s pre-eminent weekly newspapers. For the past 165 years, The Economist has acquired an unrivalled reputation as a primary source of intelligent and reliable information through its consistently independent editorial perspective and intelligent analysis of weekly events. It continues to report on the world’s trends and puts them into their economic and political context.
