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