Article’s analysis 
“The useful science?”
TITLE - “The useful science?” is the title of an article from “The Economist”, published on the print edition and on the web site on the 4th January of 2014. The title captures the reader’s attention for the question mark. Then the reader reads the subhead (“Academic research”) and the subtitle (“Economics is highly parochial”): if he is interested on the argument, he reads all the article to find answers. The reader also makes some conjectures about the possible answer of the question, so he can read to verify his hypothesis. What is interesting about the subtitle is the use of the term “parochial”, which has different meanings but in the contest refers to some small-sized in respect of the general character of the subhead and of the title. 
STRUCTURE – The article is organized into five paragraphs. The first is the shorter and has the function to introduce the topic. In the paragraph there is another question that explains better the first question’s meaning, reducing the survey field. In the three central paragraphs the journalists gives some data and information about the arguments, developing the thesis explained in the first paragraph. The journalist adds to the first problem some secondary but important aspects. In the final paragraph there is the conclusion and the personal opinion of the journalists. This is the reason why the article is probably an opinion article and not a news article.  
TOPIC – The topic is the economists very big interest on America in respect of African, Asian and European countries. The issue presented in the article is the real usefulness of economy if it is used only to solve problems of the developed nations. The journalists explains that almost all the academic economists and politics wanted to make some experiences in analyzing the situation of United States. The journalists’ idea is that poor countries need more economical analysis to growth. Economists should study this situation more than American problems.
ADDRESSEE – The ideal addressee of the article is the ordinary reader of “the Economist”. The journal is one of the most known and recognized magazine in the world, so it is read by international politics and economists. The article, inserted into the “Finance and economics” section, follows the standard of the magazine, giving some important opinions about global economy. So the article could be also read by people who is interested on economy or by an academic economist.	
LANGUAGE – The language used in the article is quite simple. Sentences are usually short, whit a predominance of parataxis and frequent ellipsis of the verb (nominal style). There is the order of the position of subject, predicate, complement. Mainly, verbs form are the simple present and the simple past. Lexicon used is objective and simple, direct, understandable, without steps 'learned' that may impede the reader's understanding.
DATA – The are mainly quantitative data. The journalists give information about the dates of his analysis (from 1985 to 2006) and the results (76.000 paper published). Moreover, there was also a graphic which explains better the differences between rich and poor countries: the number of published papers of economical studies on America is about the same of the total of papers on Europe, Asia, Canada, Latin America and Africa. 
ARTICLE’S AIM – The article’s aim is to put the attention on the difference between rich and poor countries. It is an opinion article so the journalists give his idea about the study of the problem.