A whole lot cheaper than the print edition, and I really wouldn’t have the time to read it properly in print anyway. With the audio edition, all the MP3s can float around in my iPod until I turn my mind to them; as long as I keep taking the stuff I don’t want off my ‘pod, I don’t think disk space should be too much of a problem. Yay!
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Back when I could dream, I wanted to become an investment banker with my best friend (he actually made the dream).
We read the economist and watched CNN.
When I could afford it, I subscribed to the Economist, best investment I make every year. They are still as honest and apologize for their mispredictions (that’s what got me reading them in the first place when they came out and said we were wrong about the fall in oil prices (when you know their article scared opec leaders into banding together on this).
Plus it gives me something to read outside of my field of work.
Sent in a mail reply card that was for $49 for 6 months worth of the Economist…


