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Socionomics:
The Science of History and Social Prediction
Why do trends in society often change so rapidly and dramatically?
The pace of change over the past five years demands an answer to this
question. In 1999, for example, the stock market reached unprecedented heights;
we celebrated innovative CEOs as heroes; and many people believed that peace in
the Middle East was at hand. There was even talk of a Pax Americana.
Compare with 2004: The economy is weak, and corporate executives are being
thrown in jail. Israel is building a wall in the West Bank, while kidnappers in
Iraq execute civilian contractors for their ties to the United States. And the
9/11 Commission Report has cast doubt on supposed improvements to U.S. national
security.
What changed and why? Could all these events flow from the same cause?
Best-selling author Robert Prechter offers a revolutionary answer in his new
two-book set, Socionomics: The Science of History and Social Prediction.
Mood impels action. An increasingly positive social mood causes people to buy
stocks and expand businesses. . . [while] an increasingly negative social mood
causes people to sell stocks and contract businesses. . . Actions do not affect
mood - it's the other way around.
These two books examine the historical correlation between shifts in social
mood and their most sensitive register, the stock market.
They also present engaging studies that relate social mood trends to music,
sports, corporate culture, peace, war and the global economy. Together, the set
can transform your understanding of how our society works. It will change the
way you read the newspaper. It will even show you how to predict news trends
months in advance. Learn for yourself the science of social prediction. Author: Robert R. Prechter, Jr.
Publisher: New Classic Library
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