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