Mood Riffs

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  [Mood Riffs] Social Mood and Speed Limits

  We like to drive faster when we’re feeling optimistic and slower when we’re pessimistic.
   
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  [Mood Riffs] Two Bucks a Day vs $600 a Second

  Wealth concealment becomes the trend when social mood waxes negative.
   
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  [Mood Riffs] I Want My—I Want My—I Want My EBT

  Food stamp spending has more than doubled in the past four years. Has the positive mood influenced this trend?
   
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  [Mood Riffs] We Got the Social Mood-y Blues

  “Europe is approaching a crisis as the region’s debt crisis and austerity measures increase the rates of depression, suicide and psychological problems – just as governments cut healthcare spending by up to 50 percent.”
   
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  [Mood Riffs] Sing Along With The Social Mood

  Creating music with the data — listen now.
   
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  [Mood Riffs] They Don’t Ring a (Door) Bell At the Bottom

  Does a lot of positive news about the housing market mean the bottom is in, or is it just another false alarm?
   
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  [Mood Riffs] Lincoln’s Wedge

  When pessimism and uncertainty increase, people want to polarize, separate, identify with smaller ingroups and exclude outgroups.
   
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  [Mood Riffs] Putin on the Ritz

  Putin is about to “go where fascism sits,” and the fireworks are just beginning.
   
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  [Mood Riffs] Bourne Orientation

  The distinct sexual stereotypes that society prefers in bull markets fall from favor in bear markets as society embraces a wider variety of gender roles and identities.
   
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  [Mood Riffs] Hey Joe, Where You Going With That Gun in Your Hand?

  The August issue of The Socionomist went online on Thursday, and the first two articles demonstrate that social mood influences both the number of multiple shooting casualties and aggregate feelings of uncertainty.