If this winter has you feeling miserable, your feelings are not only valid, they are backed by science. The Accumulated Winter Season Severity Index (AWSSI), also known as the “misery index,” is ...

As we reach the end of another Misery Index season, where we put our finger on the pulse of college football fan base anger and schadenfreude each week, it’s worth turning the clock back three months.

Our economy has rarely been able to simultaneously attain a low unemployment rate and price stability. Back in 1976, Jimmy Carter, the Democratic presidential candidate, made this a very potent ...

The mood across the country is palpable. While it’s a totally unfamiliar feeling to some, it’s a feeling that many older Americans never wanted to have again. It’s dreary and uncertain, like a system ...

“We have scoured the globe for the world’s most miserable true stories, and all you have to do is tell us where it lands on the Misery Index.” And there you have the premise of TBS’ newest game show.

Fans are wondering about the future of The Misery Index following Joe Gatto’s exit from Impractical Jokers. The game show, hosted by Jameela Jamil, features Gatto and his truTV co-stars James “Murr” ...

The index has been modified several times, first by Robert Barro of Harvard, and then by me. My modified misery index is the sum of the unemployment, inflation, and bank-lending rates, minus the ...

This is the best labor market most workers have ever experienced in their lives. So why are so many Americans feeling gloomy about the state of the US economy? The simple answer is inflation, as ...