2017

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  A Polarized America

  Intense polarization in politics, the media and beyond.
   
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  Outbreak on the Island

  The plague is devastating the African island of Madagascar in the worst outbreak in 50 years
   
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  What Would Asimov Say?

  Will our vision of the city of tomorrow remain a harmonious mix of technology and society, or
   

• The Baseball Study: Home Runs, Strikeouts, SWAT and the Stock Market

  In the October 2017 Socionomist, senior researcher Alan Hall detailed how social mood has regulated trends in baseball and stocks for nearly 150 years. You can see excerpts of his work and other socionomic insights on baseball in the right sidebar. And check out the study’s media coverage below. Print […]
   
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  How Would YOU Keep Tabs on 1.4 Billion People?

  China is cementing itself as the world leader in surveillance technology.
   
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  Spain Divided: What Can the Stock Market Tell You About Europe’s Secession Fever?

  Catalonia declares and then suspends its independence from Spain.
   
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  Swinging For The Fences

  SI’s Alan Hall talks about how social mood impels batters to swing for the fences.
   
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  Will Social Mood Oust Trump? Watch the Stock Market

  President Trump finds his administration embroiled in controversy and investigation.
   
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  Here’s Why Stocks and Home Runs Are at All-Time Highs

  Why in the world would Major League Baseball home run statistics track the U.S. stock market?
   
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  Victoria’s Secret

  Less than a month after Playboy founder Hugh Hefner’s death