Note to Students I comment frequently on how social mood affects literally everything that happens. Here Bob Prechter, the creator of socionomics comments on how changes in the Beatles music caused him to postulate his social theories. Dennis Elam     After college, Bob Prechter met Paul McCartney by chance in London and spoke with…

 Note to Students I comment frequently on how social mood affects literally everything that happens. Here Bob Prechter, the creator of socionomics comments on how changes in the Beatles music caused him to postulate his social theories. Dennis Elam     After college, Bob Prechter met Paul McCartney by chance in London and spoke with…

As students know I admire the writings of Prof Tom Sowell. This is a particularly good piece abotu being the undergod. I did nto know Prof Sowell was adopted.

These comments from Dave Rosenberg Market Musings & Data DecipheringBreakfast with Dave Read full article (PDF 435KB) September 22, 2009 WHILE YOU WERE SLEEPING A freshly minted report from the Asian Development Bank forecasting faster-than-expected growth for the region — excluding Japan, growth is seen at 3.9% this year versus the March projection of 3.4%.…

All I just got this e mail about the Fall Workshop, I urge all that can to attend. These are well done, good information, great networking Dennis Elam Thank you in advance for assisting the San Antonio CPA Society’s Education & Accounting Careers Committee in disseminating the attached flyer to your accounting and business majors. …

Alert Student Adam Dupnik spotted this article about Six Sigma We study Six Sigma in cost accounting. Companies are providing such tools to employees to better cut costs.  Most companies are beyond cutting employees and looking for other ways to buoy the bottom line. 

$75 to Park at a game and $40 to park at other events.  Learn more about how the City of Arlington and the NFL provided Jerry Jones with a new toy, the world;s largest covered stadium.  We study capital budgeting in accounting. Now read the article and see if you can determine how this fits…

Not so long ago, Wal Mart advertised that its merchandise was Made in America. That logo is gone now. Pat Buchanan holds forth on how the Cooper tire plant in Georgia closed as China closes in on the tire business. We cannot have clean air and safe workplaces and a living wage when they do…

IN good times people's emotions are inclusionary. IN bad times they are exclusionary. The Republican races are a good case in  point. Now Perry and Hutchison  have a challenger,yep another gal form Amarillo has thrown her hat in the ring. And someone else is running for Party Chairman.  Now that the Party has a very very…

See the previous comment from Adam about the NFL 'only' blacking out 20% of the games. This is such a perfect example of socionomics in action I made another post rather than answer Adam. Look at how the mood changes behavior, the NFL responds the wrong way, and the situation gets worse.  Convention wisdom, the…