Mood matters from rising skirt lengths to the collapse of world powers /

Casti argues that human affairs-- fashions, economic trends and the fall of governments or wars-- can be traced back to an underlying social mood, which heavily biases the way things develop.

Main Author: Casti, J. L.
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Format: eBook
Language: English
Published: New York : Copernicus Books, 2010.
New York : 2010.
Physical Description: 1 online resource (xxiv, 250 pages) : illustrations (some color)
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • The unconventional wisdom
  • Why "stuff" happens
  • Why hits happen
  • Why wars, economic cycles, and political crises happen
  • Why great powers come and go
  • Getting it together.