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The Economist is a British publication and in the UK we use "shortsighted" more than "nearsighted"

Don't care. It's a global publication. America sets the standard in english so use the standard. That goes for spelling 'favor/labor/etc' correctly.

> I guess the geniuses at the economist don't know the difference between being shortsighted and being nearsighted

It's funny when people who speak American mock the British for speaking English instead.