The Economist paints itself as classically liberal, but this is something of a farce. They criticized Mises, sometimes called the last knight of liberalism, for his liberalism. And they have been consistently pro-war for the last decade. What is classically liberal about that? Not to mention they favour all kinds of economic interventionism - boosting demand by "stimulus" for instance, is one of their go-to suggestions for an economy in depression. Classical liberals of the 19th century would recoil in horror at the Economist's current "classical liberalism"