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