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Aaron Berstler and Dustin Sadnick
(651) 228-9141

March 8, 2010
Negative Social Mood Soon To Foster Secessionist Sentiment in the U.S.
A study of secessionist activity during the United States’ 234-year history reveals that the country’s pent-up anger during negative mood periods is like the pent-up energy prior to an earthquake – it will find violent release. For the rest of the release click here.

January 8, 2010
European Dis-Union: Why the EU is Headed for Divorce.
New study for the Socionomics Institute concludes that a bear market will generate the biggest threat to European peace and solidarity since World War II. For the rest of the release click here.

December 30, 2009
Events happen, but The Socionomics Institute explains that social mood is what causes them to happen.
End-of-the-year stories usually focus on the best and the worst of what happened during the year. What they don't focus on is what caused the events – both positive and negative – to happen in the first place. For the rest of the release click here.

November 20, 2009
Will a New Bear Market Bring Eugenics Back?
A new study by The Socionomics Institute shows a link between bear markets and the rising popularity of eugenics movements over a span of 225 years. Read more.

October 14, 2009
Melody and Mood: How Social Mood Trends Define Popular Culture
Want to know why Showtime's Dexter, a show about a “good” serial killer who kills “bad” serial killers, is more popular than HBO's short-lived The Comeback? Or why noise artists have a better chance of breaking into the big time in a bear market than do bubblegum boy bands? Look to the financial markets, which reflect negative and positive social moods. Read more.

August 18, 2009
The No-Eyebrow Look: More Than a Fashion Statement?
Shaved eyebrows appear to be the latest trend in high fashion, but it has the all-too-familiar look of a bear market. “Gender-bending is a classic trend that appears during times of bear markets, and shaving one's eyebrows is a way to blur gender boundaries on the cheap,” says EWI's Brian Whitmer, who writes about the trend in the August issue of The European Financial Forecast. Read more.

August 3, 2009
New study: Why marijuana will be decriminalized
Marijuana will be decriminalized just as alcohol was in the 1930s, according to a new report from The Socionomics Institute, a research and educational center that studies social behavior as it relates to the financial markets. Read more.

June 24, 2009
Swine flu: The beginning of a long epidemic season?
The World Health Organization declared swine flu a global pandemic, warning that nations should prepare for a second wave of the virus. Conventional wisdom says that such announcements about disease make people fearful and depressed. New research into a 1,000-year history of epidemics, however, reaches the opposite conclusion: depressed and fearful people are more susceptible to epidemics in the first place. Read more.

About The Socionomics Institute
The Socionomics Institute, based in Gainesville, Ga., studies social mood and its role in driving cultural trends. The Institute’s analysis is published in the monthly research review, The Socionomist. Learn more at www.socionomics.net.