Unless you have a lot of time on your hands, The Economist is overwhelming if you try to read the entire thing every week. It would take me 4-6 hours to read an entire issue cover to cover, so I had to decide which sections matter most to me: briefing, US, international, business, finance & economics, and science, as well as some of the special reports. I skim the other sections (mostly other parts of the world) if I have time. Still takes 2-3 hours to get through everything I'd like. The finance & economics section gets kind of dense, so it helps to have a background in it.
The Atlantic is good too, I just didn't have time for it so I didn't renew. If I had more time, I'd get it again, but probably online only because it seems like there's a lot of decent content that doesn't make it to print.
I try to keep up with the Wall Street Journal too, but it's definitely not what it was under the Bancroft family (i.e., before News Corp). The business and finance content isn't half as meaty as it used to be, and there's much more of a focus on general US and world news. It's just barely good enough to keep me from cancelling, but I probably wouldn't miss it if I did. Also, don't waste your time reading the comments section. It invariably devolves into a pro-Trump vs. anti-Trump pissing match.
