The Economist offers authoritative insight and opinion on international news, politics, business, finance, science, technology and the connections between them. This week in The Economist: Latinos in the United States | Global manufacturing | French politics | Britain’s economy | Risk and data | Israel’s election When the news magazine was founded, the term economism denoted what would today be termed economic liberalism. The Economist generally supports free trade. Editor's note: Standard and Poor a week ago affirmed Zambia's credit rating at 'B+', and kept its outlook on negative based on fiscal and external risks.