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