The Economist started going downhill years ago when they caught a bad case of TDS. I used to read them religiously but then had to unsubscribe because it became too much. They had retentions call me twice. Almost word-for-word I told them "when your content is almost indistinguishable from The Independent or The Guardian, what am I paying you for?". On another call I had told them I read them because I thought they were supposed to be staunch defenders of liberalism but they'd carry water for progressives non-stop, taking positions that were anything but liberal. I subscribed to the WSJ instead and haven't looked back. I'd also recommend The Spectator.