‘Unprecedented’ Uncertainty
An economist says our future is imperiled by “megathreats.”
Almost everyone believes that “bad news” and negative events cause the future to feel less certain.
Do negative events cause the future to be less certain? Socionomists believe…
A plethora of consumer research surveys are pointing to one thing: Society’s got its groove confidence back!
The Global Economic Policy Uncertainty Index has climbed to a two-decade high.
What’s the most comfortable decision when we’re uncertain? Follow what everyone else is doing.
What’s the most comfortable decision when we’re uncertain? Follow what everyone else is doing.
The future is equally uncertain at all times—in both bull and bear markets. Yet many investors and the media perceive the world to be far more uncertain during negative mood phases.
There is probably not one person in a million who would disagree with the conventional view, espoused everywhere, that the attacks of September 11, 2001 and the subsequent deliverance of anthrax-laced letters to individuals shattered the confidence of Americans. Yet that conclusion flies in the face of the facts.