"The Economist is 160+ years old, and back then anonymity was the norm. Then the industry went on a slightly disturbing path toward writer celebrity, and we simply chose not to participate."

https://andreaskluth.org/2008/11/20/why-the-economist-has-no...

articles are often the work of The Economist's hive mind, rather than of a single author[1] . [1]http://www.economist.com/blogs/economist-explains/2013/09/ec...