Comments (6)

• The Hook

  That's a fun tool. I typed in "keynes" for the past 365 and found he reached a high of 140 on day and nearly every other day was below 100 hits per day....plus he has no upward trend in his figures.

  Published: February 8, 2006 8:55 AM

• SK Peterson

  I also found the results for Hayek amusing. Even with Salma thrown in the numbers are running at about one-third of the Mises mentions. I didn't see how the site calculates the hits; I wonder if some of the Mises are French "mises" like I get on the Google Alerts.

  Published: February 8, 2006 10:15 AM

• R.P. McCosker

  Of course the blogosphere is growing exponentially, so the increase in "mises" mentions might just reflect that.

  A study like this should be conducted with comparisons. "hayek" is probably out, because this name is shared with a contemporary movie star whose mentions may fluctuate wildly according to entertainment industry trends. "marx" (the Marx Brothers were long ago and current reference levels to them are probably stable unless a movie or notable book should appear) and "keynes" would be better tests over time. "friedman" is simply too commonplace a surname.

  And what about "rothbard"? Other than for Murray, I've never heard that name before.

  I expect a good hypothesis is that Mises (Ludwig, not his now-obscure applied mathematician brother Richard) is simply just about the contemporarily fastest-rising intellectual star from the past in the social sciences. And that trend, if true, may well be for the long term and not a passing fancy.

  If further study confirms this, that's very encouraging indeed, and suggests that the efforts of Misesian libertarians are worthwhile indeed and hold a promising future, however discouraging current policy trends toward ever-larger government may be.

  Published: February 8, 2006 3:29 PM

• Peter Wright

  That chart is strikingly similar to the US dollar gold price chart over the last year (with some leverage). I wonder if that is just a coincidence?

  Published: February 8, 2006 10:12 PM

• jeffrey

  Yes, apparently the picture is interesting but wildly misleading due to non-English words. On Google, Blog Search" it works to use "Mises"; 95% of the returns are related to LvM. Not so on Technorati. Technorati wants blog.mises.org" or Mises.org. Why neither search generates a chart is beyond me.

  Published: February 9, 2006 7:35 AM

• Paul D

  Considering that "mises à jour" is French for "updated", the growth in French blogs (or Technorati's increased indexing of French blogs) is going to be responsible for most of that.
  

  Published: February 10, 2006 5:56 AM