The Socionomist

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  A Stunning Reversal in the 500-Year Trend Toward Globalization

  Social mood regulates our perceptions of other people and our willingness to cooperate with them.
   
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  [Article] Central Banks Do Not Control Interest Rates in Europe, Either

  When times are good central bankers are heroes. The public lauds them for using interest rates to help the economy.
   
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  Third Parties Make a Splash in 2016 Election Waters

  Political polarization in the United States is generating strong interest in third-party presidential candidates.
   
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  [Article] Welcome to a Larger World with Fewer Friends: A Reversal in the 500-Year Trend Toward Globalization

  Alan Hall looks at the shift in globalization’s popularity that we’ve witnessed in recent years.
   
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  [Featured Article] A Socionomic Study of Eugenics: Will You Make the Cut?

  Alan Hall reveals how the large mood fluctuations shaped the eugenics movement in America and abroad and how it not only changes people’s valuation of financial and other assets — it changes how humans value others. Hall puts the pieces of the puzzle together and makes a startling forecast for a resurging ideology most believe to be dead.
   
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  [Article] Negative Social Mood Has Increased Political Polarization on Both Sides of the Pond

  The July 2016 Socionomist looks at the polarization that’s dividing people on both sides of the Atlantic.
   
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  [Article] Still Early in a Season of Susceptibility

  We found that major epidemics of the 19th, 20th and 21st centuries tended to occur near the end of severe or extended declines in stock market indexes.
   
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  [Article] For James Bond, Success Is a Matter of Mood

  Chuck Thompson looks at the James Bond film franchise’s 25 films and how they performed versus the Dow Jones Industrial Average.
   
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  [Article] Tension Growing in South China Sea

  China’s aggressive behavior in the South China Sea has antagonized a growing number of countries.
   
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  [Article] Olympic-Sized Troubles in Brazil

  The nation of Brazil is in turmoil, and the timing couldn’t be worse. Social mood is playing in Brazil’s upheaval.