[reqres]

This is wrong.

Either:

1) You don't know what libertarianism is

2) You don't read the economist very closely

3) You meant liberalism

Given you think that the economist dogmatically believes in less tax, regulation and trade barriers, it seems more likely you don't actually read the newspaper very closely.

Take healthcare in US for instance. The economist consistently favours more government intervention and higher taxation with a single payer health system. Just taking one example from the current Europe editor (I think): http://www.economist.com/blogs/democracyinamerica/2013/09/he...

> In fact, government intervention is often necessary in order to bring comprehensibility to a bewildering private landscape.

[randomsearch]

Sorry, that should have been "neoliberalism", but it is true that the economist is also libertarian to a great extent.

Yes, I do think the economist is dogmatic. If you think it isn't, you probably don't read very widely.

[FabHK]

> dogmatic

Disagree. They certainly hold several positions very dear, and you might say axiomatically, but I'd say because they've proven to be fruitful.

And they have changed their mind (sometimes reluctantly) on some issues, such as austerity.

[notahacker]

Yeah. The Economist is pretty squarely located in the [British] political centre

[vostok]

I was going to say that it's center right, but Brexit has made me realize that Britain's center is more to the right than I realized.

[coldtea]

It's just that the "left" has abandoned its traditional place (supporting the Brexit) and sided with the large neoliberal elites in favor of their preferred bureaucracy that is the EU.