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I'm also flabbergasted this is an Economist article; seems like something I'd expect from The Atlantic, Vice, or Huffpo, not the Economist.

Don't let the quality of this (admittedly poor) article turn you off from the Economist as a whole. They tend to produce a wide variety of well-researched, insightful articles. They tend to have an opinion on nearly every article, but these are usually defended by data.

Subtle distinction, this is not an article in The Economist but a blog hosted on their site. I find the quality of the articles quite a bit better than their blogs.