A biography of a magazine rather than an ideology

Liberalism only plays a supporting role in this biography of the hundreds plus years old magazine. The doctrines that come to define the Economist's world view: free trade, free capital market, benevolent hegemon etc... are multifaceted, yet amazingly consistent throughout its history. We, as the readers of the magazine should resist the temptation of being mesmerized by its glamorous facade, and be aware of the ideological, geographical and historical baggages (bias) it carries. Nevertheless, as it provided food for thoughts in Marx's study of capitalism in spite of, or maybe precisely because of those baggages a hundred years ago, it still deserves a spot in today's media landscape in helping people understand and make sense of a ever more fluid and complex world.