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CJCRANE

(18,184 posts) Mon Oct 26, 2015, 07:23 AM Oct 2015

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Economist Cover Shows 3rd & 5th November As Important Dates

What's scheduled to happen on these dates?

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Economist Cover Shows 3rd & 5th November As Important Dates (Original Post) CJCRANE Oct 2015 OP

I know the 5th is, as it's my birthday. :-) WinkyDink Oct 2015 #1

I Call BS EdwardBernays Oct 2015 #2

Well, Guy Fawkes you! :-) WinkyDink Oct 2015 #6

Debt Ceiling hit EdwardBernays Oct 2015 #3

Makes sense to me. Notice the 11-3 arrow is closer to the girl's foot. randome Oct 2015 #7

Quite a few sites have discussed this cover since January, when it was published. Denzil_DC Oct 2015 #4

That's a good article CJCRANE Oct 2015 #5

WinkyDink

(51,311 posts)

1. I know the 5th is, as it's my birthday. :-)

Reply to CJCRANE (Original post)

Mon Oct 26, 2015, 07:24 AM

Oct 2015

EdwardBernays

(3,343 posts)

2. I Call BS

Reply to WinkyDink (Reply #1)

Mon Oct 26, 2015, 07:33 AM

Oct 2015

Because it's MY birthday!

WinkyDink

(51,311 posts)

6. Well, Guy Fawkes you! :-)

Reply to EdwardBernays (Reply #2)

Mon Oct 26, 2015, 11:42 AM

Oct 2015

EdwardBernays

(3,343 posts)

3. Debt Ceiling hit

Reply to CJCRANE (Original post)

Mon Oct 26, 2015, 07:35 AM

Oct 2015

http://www.cnbc.com/2015/10/19/lew-i-worry-there-could-be-a-debt-limit-accident-that-could-be-terrible.html

Originally predicted for the 5th then they moved the date for the 3rd... mystery solved.

randome

(34,845 posts)

7. Makes sense to me. Notice the 11-3 arrow is closer to the girl's foot.

Reply to EdwardBernays (Reply #3)

Mon Oct 26, 2015, 11:45 AM

Oct 2015

Disaster looms.
[hr][font color="blue"][center]"The whole world is a circus if you know how to look at it."
Tony Randall, 7 Faces of Dr. Lao (1964)[/center][/font][hr]

Denzil_DC

(7,219 posts)

4. Quite a few sites have discussed this cover since January, when it was published.

Reply to CJCRANE (Original post)

Mon Oct 26, 2015, 07:38 AM

Oct 2015

(= success for The Economist in creating a viral buzz).

The magazine's executive editor explains that those numbers aren't dates:

"The arrows are taken from the graphic illustrating the story of China’s economy 'The numbers to watch' and are Chinese 'targets'. As it happens, the numbers on the graphic were adjusted in the fact-checking process after the cover went to press."

http://yournewswire.com/controversial-economist-2015-cover-illustration-explained/

CJCRANE

(18,184 posts)

5. That's a good article

Reply to Denzil_DC (Reply #4)

Mon Oct 26, 2015, 07:46 AM

Oct 2015

that seems to explain most of the images but...the editor doesn't explain what specific 'targets' he's talking about.

Stockmarket indices for example don't show numbers in that format.

The growth of China's economy is also predicted to be much less than that.

So, we're none the wiser as regards those numbers.

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