Home An ever-growing library of government failures. Generic selectors Exact matches only Search in title Search in content Post Type Selectors All Causal Design Correlation Descriptive Statistic Driving Restrictions Worsened Air Pollution Causal Design FDI Less Likely Where Corporate Taxes are High Correlation Unemployment Highest in Least-free Metro Areas Correlation Teen Employment Lowest Where Minimum Wage Highest Correlation Minimum Wage Increases Crime Causal Design Voter Turnout Lower Where Media is Unfree Correlation Less Tolerance in Economically Unfree Countries Correlation Corruption Higher where Disaster Relief Higher Correlation Government Surveillance Exerts a Chilling Effect Correlation FEMA Aid Precedes Corruption Spike Correlation Unfree Countries Have Dirtier Air Correlation Citizens Know Least Where Media is Unfree Correlation Poverty Level Unchanged Despite Increased Welfare Spending Descriptive Statistic During Prohibition, Americans Drank Harder Liquors Descriptive Statistic Literacy Rates Lower in Less Free Countries Correlation GDPR Decreased Investment in New Ventures Causal Design Net Migration From Least Free Metros Correlation Poorer Counties Award More to Plaintiffs Correlation Deforestation More Common in Least Free Countries Correlation Printing Money Tends to Generate Price Inflation Correlation GDP Growth Rate Lower Where Gov Receipts Higher Correlation Policy Uncertainty Reduces Employment Causal Design Decentralized Productivity Buries Central Planning Descriptive Statistic Land-use Restrictions & Expensive Housing Go Hand-in-hand Correlation Aid Associated with Slowing African Growth Rates Correlation USPS Posts Massive Annual Losses Descriptive Statistic GDPR Harms Digital Commerce Causal Design Gender Pay Gap Largest in Economically Un-free Countries Correlation Investment Lowest Where Corporate Taxes Highest Correlation Government Debt has Exceeded World GDP for Decades Descriptive Statistic Labor Regulations Associated with Bad Management Correlation US Prisons Don’t Rehabilitate Descriptive Statistic Regulation and Trust in Internet are Uncorrelated Correlation Curfews Cause Crime Causal Design “Ban-the-box” Harms Black Employment Causal Design Less Happiness in Least Free Countries Correlation “Ban-the-Box” Harms Hispanic Employment Causal Design Largest Aid Recipients Experienced Lowest Subsequent Growth Rates Correlation Genocides Deadlier than Wars Descriptive Statistic ADA Hurt Disabled Workers Causal Design Least Free Countries Have Negative Growth Rates Correlation Government Spending Didn’t Boost Test Scores Correlation Money Supply Growth Accompanied by Hyperinflation in Zimbabwe Correlation OSHA Didn’t Speed Decline in Workplace Deaths Descriptive Statistic Black Markets Common Where Corporate Taxes Highest Correlation Homicides Spiked During Prohibition Descriptive Statistic Red-tape Correlated with Corruption Correlation Alcohol Consumption Barely Fell During Prohibition Descriptive Statistic Citizens Less Willing to Demonstrate Where Media is Unfree Correlation Startups Rarest Where Corporate Taxes Highest Correlation Well-being Improved After Government Collapse Descriptive Statistic Income Inequality Greatest in Least Free Countries Correlation
