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Post by npsguy on Jan 22, 2009 17:59:03 GMT
Could the lack of sunspots effect the economy? Nah.... But at one time an economist tried to show that business cycles were related to sunspots. "Commercial Crises and Sun Spots" was the title of the work by William Stanley Jevons. While this work was disproven it did give us the economic term 'sunspot' which is "a random variable that does not directly affect economic fundamentals". See Sunspot economicsThought this would be interesting given the current economic problems we are having and wondering if someone out there is going to associate the lack of sunspots with what is going on here.
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Post by laeeth on Jan 25, 2009 3:45:58 GMT
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Post by laeeth on Jan 25, 2009 3:49:33 GMT
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Post by Maui on Jan 27, 2009 19:05:33 GMT
If there is an influence, it is likely rather chaotic and difficult to pinpoint. Besides agriculture, sunspots may affect weather or (I believe) volcanoes; a wide variety of factors influence economics.
I believe in astrology -- I find it far more helpful than psychologists or cognitive medications in dealing with stress. And I watch space weather carefully, because it makes people wacky.
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Post by npsguy on Jan 28, 2009 19:38:56 GMT
If there is a link between solar activity and the business cycle, it is likely via the impact of electromagnetic fields on the minds of humans and thereby business confidence I am quite certain that has absolutely nothing to do with the business cycle.
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Post by daffyduck on Feb 13, 2009 20:11:56 GMT
Hmmm... Nature 252, 2 - 3 (01 November 1974); Agriculture and sunspots Researchers at the Appleton Laboratory, in England, say that the present low level of world food reserves may be associated with the decline in solar activity during the approach to the 1974−75 sunspot minimum. Presumably because of their effects on temperature and rainfall, the 11-year and 22-year sunspot cycles appear to influence agricultural productivity in certain parts of the world. Modulations of 10% to 50% of the wheat production in China, the United States and the Soviet Union seem to be correlated with the solar cycles, suggest J. W. King, E. Hurst, A. J. Slater, P. A. Smith and B. Tamkin. The forthcoming World Food Conference in Rome might well wish to discuss implications for global agricultural planning. www.nature.com/nature/journal/v252/n5478/abs/252002a0.htmlHmmmm..... updated 10:42 p.m. EDT, Mon April 14, 2008 Riots, instability spread as food prices skyrocket www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/americas/04/14/world.food.crisis/
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Post by hiddigeigei on Feb 13, 2009 21:57:41 GMT
Around 1805, I understand that Sir William Herschel, the discoverer of the planet Uranus, predicted the price of wheat based on sun spots.
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Post by daffyduck on Feb 14, 2009 15:58:39 GMT
Around 1805, I understand that Sir William Herschel, the discoverer of the planet Uranus, predicted the price of wheat based on sun spots. Solar Sun Spot Cycles Impact on Crop Yields, Energy Use and Weather Patterns Commodities / Energy Resources Jun 18, 2008 - 08:00 PM Last month we listened to Donald Coxe's weekly presentation to institutional investors. Coxe is the Chairman and Chief Strategist of Harris Investment Management. He has been a bull on the commodity markets for some time now and has correctly pointed out numerous investment opportunities in the energy, metals, and grain markets. We were surprised when he mentioned the historical nature of the solar cycle and its' potential impact on global weather patterns and the agricultural sector. Most of the time Coxe he restricts himself to ‘worldly' indicators of supply and demand. Apparently an article on the subject recently appeared in Investor's Business Daily. www.marketoracle.co.uk/Article5131.html
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