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