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