An Ode to The Economist

"It is because I have been kept so long in this island, and see no sign of my being able to get away. I am losing all heart; tell me, then, for you gods know everything, which of the immortals it is that is hindering me, and tell me also how I may sail the sea so as to reach my home?" "Then,' he said, 'if you would finish your voyage and get home quickly, you must offer sacrifices to Jove and to the rest of the gods before embarking."

Ah, a journey that, at last, comes to a happy end.  But indeed good things come to those who wait.  If I had, heretofore, any doubts that The Economist is among the best publications on the planet, they are now extinguished.  It is clearly, simply the best publication on the planet.

-----Original Message-----
From: Andrew Rashbass <andrewrashbass (a t) economist.com>
Sent: Thursday, March 1, 2007 17:45:29
To: Equity Private <equityprivate@hushmail.com>
Subject: Economist Letter

Dear Equity Private

I was looking for Economist mugs on Google yesterday (don't ask!) and I came across your posting about our thermal coffee-mug and our reply.

I am the publisher of The Economist. I wonder if you would mind passing on my apologies to VP. Clearly our mug was not what VP expected and judging from their experience with it, I can well understand why. The free movement of capital and labour is, as VP implies, central to The Economist's world view. The free movement of coffee inside the supposed vacuum chamber of the mug is not. I should very much like to make amends and send them the memory stick they were after.

I enjoyed reading your blog, by the way.

Best wishes

Andrew

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Andrew Rashbass
Publisher and Managing Director
The Economist

(Quoted Text: Homer, The Odyssey.  Translated by Samuel Butler)