Search The Economist online

Conduct basic searches with the search box at the top of each page.

What can I search for?

You can search for articles and content from The Economist newspaper since June 1997, along with blogs and web-only content.

How does searching work?

Multiple search terms are automatically combined with the Boolean "AND" operator, i.e., all terms that you search for will appear in each of the results. You may also refine your searches with other Boolean operators.

To search for a specific phrase, enclose it in quotation marks (e.g., "monetary union").

Sorting search results

You can sort your search according to relevance (this is the default option) or publication date with the options at the left of the results page. You can also sort by content type to view results from print edition articles or blog posts only.

Browsing the site

Our print edition contents page 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 collection of special reports.

Searching for earlier articles

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.