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Conversations on Socionomics
Dan Gough Discusses Cultural and Financial Trends from a Socionomic Viewpoint with Pete Kendall, Mark Galasiewski, Gordon Graham and Alan Hall.
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Air Force Major Writes About Socionomics and America's Economic and Military Future
August 16, 2007
Maj. Tyson Hummel of the Air Command and Staff College, Air University, Maxwell Air Force Base has written a fascinating report that applies Socionomics to an analysis of America's economic and military future, titled "Is the Science of Socionomics Able to Portend a Change in the United States’ Economic Might?" Maj. Hummel studies the fall of previous empires and offers some views on how the past might relate to America’s future.
Running Time: 10 min 58 sec
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Harvard Medical School and the New England Journal of Medicine Weigh- in on the Obesity Crisis – It’s a Virus!
August 09, 2007
What causes obesity? Apparently fat friends -- you catch it from them like a virus – or at least that is what a Harvard Medical School professor has published in the New England Journal of Medicine. Socionomics has some ideas on the subject, too. Unconscious social mood and herding are just a few of the potential culprits.
Running Time: 7 min 39 sec
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Samurai’s and Sex Camps – What’s Going on in Japan and Russia?
August 07, 2007
A lot of negative mood, that’s for sure. In Japan the samurai warriors of the past and kamikaze pilots of World War II are being glorified. Russia is instituting sex camps for teenagers and has claimed the North Pole for the Fatherland. How does negative social mood affect demographics, which then impacts society in numerous strange ways? Socionomics offers some insights.
Running Time: 8 min 24 sec
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Backlash Against the Wealthy Goes Global
July 31, 2007
Wow, first outsourcing of middle class jobs went global. Now, the anger at the wealthy that benefited from the outsourcing has gone global, too. From the U. S. to Europe and points beyond, the middle classes in so-called “rich” countries are calling for taxes on the wealthy and caps on CEO pay. This time, something might happen. Socionomics tells us why.
Running Time: 4 min 44 sec
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What a Socionomic Research Scientist Does
July 24, 2007
Ever wonder how research in the science of Socionomics is conducted? Dan Gough interviews Deepak Goel of the Socionomics Institute, a physicist by training, on how he conducts research into socionomic subjects such as social mood, Elliott Waves, and so on.
Running Time: 5 min 24 sec
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The Differences in Financial and Economic Decision Making
July 19, 2007
Socionomics teaches us that people behave differently when making a financial decision to buy a stock or a home as compared to making an economic decision to buy a pair of shoes or a loaf of bread. Understanding the difference can have a huge impact on one’s success in the financial arena. Bob Prechter and Wayne Parker recently published an academic paper on this important subject.
Running Time: 10 min 15 sec
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Corn, Ethanol and Hysteria
July 17, 2007
Does using corn for energy make sense? Is common sense or hysteria behind this aspect of the green movement? Corn prices affect a very large percentage of the foods we eat and food inflation is rising. Socionomics helps us understand why the corn to energy movement is gaining in popularity.
Running Time: 7 min 47 sec
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Socionomics and Conflicting Cultural and Market Signals
July 12, 2007
Socionomics recognizes that at certain points in wave patterns there can be quite a few conflicting trends and signals in the culture and in financial markets. Join Dan Gough and Vadim Pokhlebkin for a discussion on how to navigate these times and reconcile issues like war and peace, presidential popularity, and pop culture.
Running Time: 6 min 40 sec
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Did Alan Greenspan Fiddle While the Subprime Mortgage Market
Burned?
July 10, 2007
Residential mortgage foreclosures are skyrocketing. The subprime sector
of the market is being particularly hard hit. Even worse, did the artificial
demand created by hocus pocus financing inflate the price you paid for
your house? Knowledge of Socionomics and the Wave Principle can help keep
these types of things from happening to you.
Running Time: 4 min 23 sec
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The Science of Socionomics - Part 2
July 05, 2007
The Directors discuss where Socionomics is as a science, what has been accomplished, next steps in the process, experiments underway, and related fields of study. Also, listen to a preview discussion of Bob Prechter and Wayne Parker’s recently published paper on the differences between financial and economic decision making.
Running Time: 10 min 35 sec
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The Science of Socionomics - Part 1
July 03, 2007
The Directors discuss where Socionomics is as a science, what has been accomplished, next steps in the process, experiments underway, and related fields of study. Also, listen to a preview discussion of Bob Prechter and Wayne Parker’s recently published paper on the differences between financial and economic decision making.
Running Time: 9 min 00 sec
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The Criminal Rich and the Foolish Rich
June 26, 2007
That’s how Teddy Roosevelt referred to the wealthy one hundred years
ago at the end of the Gilded Age. Franklin Roosevelt then raised taxes
on the wealthy during the Depression that reached rates as high as 90%
and lasted into the 1960’s. Will the current wealth gap result in
similar changes in the coming years. Join the socionomic discussion.
Running Time: 8 min 23 sec
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High-Performance Men, Women and Cars (Part 2)
June 21, 2007
There is a high correlation between automobile engine horse power and the inflation adjusted Dow Jones Industrial Average. That correlation is unusually strong in relation to Chevrolet Corvette engine power. Improve your investing and socionomic skills by taking in this discussion.
Running Time: 5 min 54 sec
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High-Performance Men, Women and Cars (Part 1)
June 19, 2007
John Wayne, Marilyn Monroe, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Hillary Clinton have something in common. They appear on the national scene at certain points in bull and bear markets. Socionomics tells us where those points are.
Running Time: 7 min 24 sec
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You Owe The Government $516,000
June 13, 2007
That's right. You owe the government $516,000 plus another $112,000 to your own creditors. That's a lot of debt to pay off. How did we get here and where are we going? Socionomics offers some insights and answers.
Running Time: 5 min 24 sec
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