Check out how to bypass The economist paywall, so you can read unlimited free articles right away.
For those who want to do it the 'proper' way, you register for a free account here.
Then you can access a limited number of articles for free each month on Economist.com.
But for those who just want to browse once a while, then probably you might want to know how get past The Economist paywall.
From what I read in Reddit, some people are still stuck behind The Economist paywall.
At the time of publishing this post, all the following methods how to read The Economist website digital content work perfectly.
How to bypass The Economist paywall
- Bypass Paywalls Clean extension
- Archive.Today
- Shackle-free
You can use any of these workable ways to unlock The Economist paywalled articles.
All these tips work for both Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome browsers.
1. Bypass Paywalls Clean extension
Just install this browser extension, and it not only can get over The Economist paywall, but many other sites as well.
For Firefox, refer to this tutorial: How to install Bypass Paywalls Clean extension for Firefox
For Chrome refer to this tutorial: How to install Bypass Paywalls Clean extension for Chrome
2. Archive.Today
Use the archiving site Archive.Today to read the blocked Economist articles.
Firstly, you can check whether the particular article which you want to read has been archived.
If it has been archived, then you can read it right away.
This is what you do:
Go to Archive.Today site.
Scroll down a little, there is a black color box with the text: "I want to search the archive for saved snapshots".
For example you want to read The Economist article, "Tinned fish is swimming against the tide".
Copy the article URL, by right clicking on the article title.
The context menu pops up, click on the "Copy Link" (Firefox) or "Copy link address" (Chrome).
Now paste the article URL inside the space provided at the black box.
Then click the "search" button.
If the article is already archived, it will appear on the page.
To read the full unblocked article, click on the image, the title or the URL.
If that particular article is still not archived, it says "No results", together with the list of 5 options to do.
Click on the first option, "archive this url".
It would begin loading and archiving the article.
After it has finished archiving it, you can see the complete The Economist.com article right there.
Archive.Today extension/One-Click Archive.Today add-on
For convenience, you can use the Archive.Today extension for Google Chrome browser.
Get the Archive.Today extension from here.
Unfortunately Mozilla has removed Archive.Today add-on.
Instead for Firefox browser, you can use this similar add-on, One-Click Archive.Today.
3. Shackle-free
This is any easy and fast way how to read The Economist for free.
Go to Shackle-free site, paste the blocked article URL on the space provided.
Then click the "Read" button, and the full unblocked article appears.
So, this is how to bypass The Economist paywall to read all its online articles without an account.
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