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