Past and recent articles from The Economist

All articles that have appeared in The Economist newspaper since 1997 are available at The Economist online.

To search for a particular article, use the search box at the top of each page of the site or visit our advanced search page.

Alternatively, you can browse our print edition contents page, which lists and links to all articles in the current print edition. To view the contents of earlier print editions, try browsing our cover index.

You can also browse Economist articles by topic or view our online collection of special reports.

To locate an Economist article that was published before 1997 or purchase a past issue of The Economist, please contact your local print service centre. You can also search for it online at Cengage Learning, which offers a complete facsimile archive of The Economist that dates back to 1843.