The Economist Historical Archive 1843-2020
Archive of the weekly magazine The Economist from 1843–2020, covering politics, economics and current trends as well as all aspects of business and trade worldwide.
Facts
Historical insight into societal developments
Here you can explore older articles published in The Economist, which covers politics, economics, current trends and all aspects of business and trade around the globe.
The archive goes back to the mid-1800s and is a fascinating source if you want to investigate, for example:
- how an economic concept has been used and developed
- the historical and political situation in a specific country
- how an event was described at the time
Browse all issues or search
Under menupunktet Browse, kan du hente hvert enkelt nummer af The Economist og læse bladet, som det blev udgivet. Du kan selvfølgelig også søge på tværs af numrene og finde relevante artikler på den måde.
Explore how specific words have been used
The archive lets you see when a term was used most frequently. For instance, the word Tariffs was used extensively in 1932 and again in 2018. This function is called Term Frequency. There is also a Topic Finder that can help expand your vocabulary and inspire keywords for your searches.
Find advertisements from the period
In addition to the articles, an international weekly like The Economist also contains advertisements, which can provide insight into the commercial and cultural context of the time. In Advanced Search, you can limit your search to document types and select Advertisement.
HWhen is The Economist Historical Archive useful?
It is especially relevant when you need older articles and advertisements or want to explore how specific words have been used over time.
The latest issues of The Economist
If you want to follow current global developments, you should use The Economist instead. The library subscribes to both the print edition, which you can read on site, and the web edition.
Link to The Economist
Help using The Economist Historical Archive
Link to Learning Center
In the Learning Center you will find plenty of support. There are suggestions for research questions and guidance on how to approach them, as well as practical, step-by-step instructions that help you use the system effectively.
Help with citations and permalinks
When you open an article, the menu at the top changes and you get the option to export citations to a reference manager or copy a reference in, for example, APA format.
You can also retrieve a link that leads directly back to the article, a so-called permanent link.