Post Tagged with: "Mood Riffs"

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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.
   
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  [Mood Riffs] Society’s New (yet Old) “Phooey on Education” Attitude

  “A massive shift in society’s attitudes toward education is beginning …educational institutions will soon encounter spectacular challenges.”
   
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  [Mood Riffs] Fibo in the Oven

  Someone recently found the golden ratio in another fascinating place, the human womb—but it is not there all the time.
   
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  [Mood Riffs] Social Mood, Stress and Gluteus Maximus Magnetism

  Negative social mood trends are stressful phases in our social evolution, and stress influences not only our health, but decisions we make every day.
   
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  [Mood Riffs] “Do Ya Feel Lucky, Punk?”

  “Instead of gasps of horror there have been yawns. It’s plain that the media and the public are a little tired of Wall Street scandals.”