ValueWalk – With its knack for tackling big subjects in a one-sided manner, The Economist in its February 7 issue imagines a dystopian world where corporate managers and boards of directors are generally incompetent, most investors are lazy; but “activists are a force for good” and “the saviours of public companies.”
On a topic requiring sober, balanced coverage, The Economist conjures up an empirical “study” to produce misleading data.