Comments (4)

• iceberg

  And who said Austrian weren't good with numbers? : )

  (ducks!)

  Published: August 17, 2005 5:44 PM

• Walt Byars

  What's the difference between a hit and a visit?

  Published: August 17, 2005 6:30 PM

• averros

  Apparently a "visit" is a sequence of hits from the same host during the same day or some other limited period of time.

  But the difference between hits and pages served is somewhat more obscure...

  For a "fringe" movement, 172000 unique visitors a month is very impressive, and makes me optimistic.

  Published: August 17, 2005 6:42 PM

• Lowell R.

  Re Austrian economics being a so-called "fringe movement" -- another reason to be optimistic: I've always considered the number of people criticizing something a far better measure of that thing's influence than the number of people arguing in support of it. In that regard, I am heartened by the success of sites like Critiques of Libertarianism (though, strangely, almost all of the critiques of Austrians are written by...Austrians) and books like Kley's Hayek's
  Social and Political Thought, Haworth's Anti-Libertarianism, and Barr's Economics of the Welfare State. Not because I think they are correct -- far from it -- but because they show that those on the left are thinking about libertarian-Austrian ideas. I also think that by honestly considering and responding to them, Austrians can make good headway within the field (it's harder to ignore a movement when it's directly criticizing you!). Mises.org, due to its already high profile, as these statistics demnstrate, would be the perfect hub for a sort of "Critiques of Critiques of Libertarianism" -- a place where both Austrians and leftists can easily find counterarguments.

  Just my two cents...

  Published: August 18, 2005 1:42 AM