Play Economist on PC and Mac

About the Game

Our global coverage offers distinctive insight and incisive analysis. Start your 7-day free trial now.*
 
Each week over 1.5m subscribers trust The Economist to help them make sense of the world. Join them by downloading The Economist app.
 
Free to download, the app includes a handpicked daily selection of the best of our journalism, along with the full weekly version of The Economist newspaper to read or listen to on the go.
 
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The Economist is an award-winning, trusted filter on global affairs, offering in-depth analysis of everything from business, finance and politics to science, technology and economics. It covers every region of the world including the United States, British, European and Asian news. The Economist is also available as a weekly magazine.
 
App highlights:
 
• Top stories: the latest news analysis combined with highlights from the weekly issue
• Economist Espresso: a short morning briefing on the day’s global agenda
• The Economist weekly edition: full access to the weekly version of The Economist
• The audio version of the weekly edition to listen to on the go
• A selection of our podcasts, including The Intelligence, a daily burst of illumination from The Economist’s worldwide network of correspondents
 
App features:
• A morning briefing on the day ahead
• Timely analysis of the world’s biggest stories, updated by the end of the day
• The weekly edition available from 9pm every Thursday evening London time
• Audio versions of the weekly edition read by professional broadcasters
• Reading times highlighted on each article
• Bookmarks to save articles for later or create personal reading lists
 
Subscribing in-app
• Subscribe in-app and take advantage of our 7-day free trial.
• At the end of the trial, the subscription will automatically renew onto a monthly subscription at the standard price. Annual and quarterly subscriptions are also available in some regions.
• You will be charged in your local currency at the prevailing exchange rate as defined by Google. Payment is charged to your Play Store account upon confirmation of purchase
• All subscriptions automatically renew. Your account will be charged 24 hours before the renewal date, at a cost of £19.99/$19.99 for a monthly subscription, or €20.49 for a quarterly subscription. 
• You can cancel your subscription from your Play Store account settings at any time but you must turn off auto-renewal at least 24 hours before the end of the current period to avoid being charged again

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