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