*Customers who purchase this archive after 9^th June 2021 will have the full archive from 1843 to 2020. Customers who previously purchased the original archive covering 1843-2015 can purchase the years 2016-2020 to extend their existing archive. Please note that the 2016-2020 module is only available as an add-on to institutions that have the original archive, and is not available as a standalone purchase.

For over 170 years, The Economist has reported on the world's political, business, scientific, technological, and cultural developments and the connections between them, appealing to the world's elite for its economic and political analysis.

Founded in 1843, The Economist's principles and methods remain relevant today. It is renowned for its consistent approach to internationalism and championing of minimal state in political and government affairs. In more than 8,000 issues since its first publication in 1843, The Economist has presented timely reporting, concise commentary and comprehensive analysis of global news every week. With objective authority, clarity and wit, The Economist presents the world's political, business, scientific, technological and cultural developments and the connections between them. Full-color images, multiple search indexes, and the facility to browse each and every issue - all combine to offer a unique primary source covering the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

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With a global circulation of more than 1.4 million, The Economist has consistently delivered a highly intelligent and comprehensive report of the week's events and has long been a leading magazine for business and political leaders, politicians, diplomats, bankers, journalists, and other influential people throughout the world. Its back issues are made accessible through The Economist Historical Archive and serve as key witnesses to the economic and political history of the last 170 years. They provide a unique, unbiased analysis of major world events; facilitate the comparison of economic trends across continents and centuries; and offer an ideal historical resource for cutting-edge ideas in an easily digestible form.

Thanks to an exclusive partnership between the Economist Intelligence Unit and Gale, every page from the complete back file of this preeminent, global weekly newspaper is available for use by scholars and researchers in an easy-to-use digital format. The many supplements, special reports, and surveys that appear regularly in the Economist will be particularly useful to students working on projects, teachers seeking to expand their reading lists, and researchers working on company and industry trends and history.

The Economist Historical Archive offers an invaluable perspective on the great events of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries and is an essential accompaniment to The Times Digital Archive and the Financial Times Historical Archive for its overview of national and international affairs. It provides researchers with quick access to:

• Editorials, news, commentary and letters that afford insight into British, European, American, and world affairs
• Highly regarded country reports, industry reports, supplements, and surveys that offer the ability to track regional trends and forecasts.
• Special surveys and supplements on countries and industries that offer perspectives on markets and geographies
• Renowned sections such as "Science and Technology" that provide in-depth topic analysis, as well as book reviews and obituaries that lend human interest
• Classified and display advertising that profiles major companies, job opportunities, educational opportunities, and more from a global perspective
• With the full-text search capabilities, students and scholars can conduct research on all the great events of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries

With the 2016-2020 add-on, researchers of contemporary topics will be able to find content on:

• Eastern Aleppo falls (2016)
• North Korea missile and nuclear tests (2016)
• Zika Virus (2016)
• Rohingya refugee crisis (2017)
• Trump presidency (2016-2020)
• Brexit
• #MeToo movement (2017/2018)
• Cambridge Analytica scandal (2018)
• Hong Kong protests (2019)
• Amazon rainforest wildfires (2019)
• Impeachment of Donald Trump (2020)
• Australian bushfires (2020)
• COVID-19 pandemic (2020)

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