Eric Crampton kept hearing that we were entering a "Randian moment," and so he decided to check it out. Using Google Insights, he tracked searches for "Rand" and "Marx. "Marx," he finds, "is by far the more popular search term." But that's not universal. Rand edges out Marx in the United States and, somewhat strangely, in India. Marx's heavy lead, conversely, is the product of popularity in the developing world. Brazil in particular seems interested in developing some class consciousness. Maybe we'll look back on this period and ask whether Wall Street lost Brazil. (Via Marginal Revolution.)
