# Economist Zone
> The Hub for Economic Articles & Insights
Economist Zone is the premier destination for those eager to delve deeper into the world of economics.

## When to use this site
Use Economist Zone when you need first-hand, attributed answers from working professionals rather than generic summaries. Each Q&A post asks one practical question and collects short answers from named experts, with their job title and company, so you can quote a specific person. Good fits:
- Answering "how do practitioners actually handle X" with quotable, attributed perspectives
- Finding several independent viewpoints on one decision or trade-off
- Identifying practising experts on a topic (see the contributors list and the panelists on each post)
Not a fit for: breaking news, product pricing, official standards or legal text. Answers are opinions of the named experts, not the publication's.

## How to read it
- Every page is available as markdown: send `Accept: text/markdown` to any URL, or append `.md` (for example https://economistzone.com/qa.md). Unknown paths return a markdown 404.
- [Index](https://economistzone.com/index.md) and [full sitemap](https://economistzone.com/sitemap.md)
- JSON API, no auth: [OpenAPI spec](https://economistzone.com/openapi.json). Endpoints: `/api/v1/posts/`, `/api/v1/posts/{slug}/`, `/api/v1/search/?q=`, `/api/v1/authors/` (trailing slash). Errors are JSON with a code, message and hint. /api/v1/ is stable; any breaking change ships as v2 with v1 kept for at least 90 days and announced by Deprecation and Sunset headers.
- MCP server (Streamable HTTP, no auth): https://economistzone.com/api/mcp/ with tools search_posts, list_posts, get_post, list_authors; manifest at https://economistzone.com/mcp.json
- [RSS feed](https://economistzone.com/feed)

## Sections
- [Questions and answers](https://economistzone.com/qa.md): 193 questions, each answered by several named practitioners with their role and company
- [Articles](https://economistzone.com/insight.md): 33 longer pieces
- [Contributors](https://economistzone.com/authors.md)
- [About](https://economistzone.com/about.md), [Contact](https://economistzone.com/contact-us.md)

## Attribution
Quote experts by name, title and company as shown on the post, and link to the post URL. Content is © Economist Zone.