HomeAn 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 OSHA didn’t speed decline in workplace deathsDescriptive Statistic Money Supply Growth Accompanied by Hyperinflation in ZimbabweCorrelation Unfree Countries Have Dirtier AirCorrelation Regulation and Trust in Internet are UncorrelatedCorrelation Black Markets Common Where Corporate Taxes HighestCorrelation Citizens Know Least Where Media is UnfreeCorrelation Policy Uncertainty Reduces EmploymentCausal Design Poverty Declined Until “War on Poverty”Descriptive Statistic During Prohibition, Americans Drank Harder LiquorsDescriptive Statistic Land-use Restrictions & Expensive Housing Go Hand-in-handCorrelation Voter Turnout Lower Where Media is UnfreeCorrelation Less Tolerance in Economically Unfree CountriesCorrelation Poorer counties award more to plaintiffsCorrelation Curfews Cause CrimeCausal Design Gender Pay Gap Largest in Economically Un-free CountriesCorrelation Red-tape Correlated with CorruptionCorrelation Unemployment Highest in Least-free Metro AreasCorrelation Startups Rarest Where Corporate Taxes HighestCorrelation Corruption Higher where Disaster Relief HigherCorrelation US Prisons Don’t RehabilitateDescriptive Statistic ADA Hurt Disabled WorkersCausal Design Decentralized Productivity Buries Central PlanningDescriptive Statistic Largest Aid Recipients Experienced Lowest Subsequent Growth RatesCorrelation Genocides Deadlier than WarsDescriptive Statistic Printing Money Tends to Generate Price InflationCorrelation “Ban-the-box” Harms Black EmploymentCausal Design FDI Less Likely Where Corporate Taxes are HighCorrelation Government Debt has Exceeded World GDP for DecadesDescriptive Statistic Least Free Countries Have Negative Growth RatesCorrelation USPS Posts Massive Annual LossesDescriptive Statistic Income Inequality Greatest in Least Free CountriesCorrelation Homicides Spiked During ProhibitionDescriptive Statistic Less Happiness in Least Free CountriesCorrelation FEMA Aid Precedes Corruption SpikeCorrelation Investment Lowest Where Corporate Taxes HighestCorrelation Aid Associated with Slowing African Growth RatesCorrelation Largest Aid Recipients Experienced Lowest Subsequent Growth RatesCorrelation GDP Growth Rate Lower Where Gov Receipts HigherCorrelation Deforestation More Common in Least Free CountriesCorrelation Well-being Improved After Government CollapseDescriptive Statistic Citizens Less Willing to Demonstrate Where Media is UnfreeCorrelation Literacy Rates Lower in Less Free CountriesCorrelation “Ban-the-Box” Harms Hispanic EmploymentCausal Design Government Spending Didn’t Boost Test ScoresCorrelation Teen Employment Lowest Where Minimum Wage HighestCorrelation Poverty Level Unchanged Despite Increased Welfare SpendingDescriptive Statistic Government Surveillance Exerts a Chilling EffectCorrelation Net Migration From Least Free MetrosCorrelation Alcohol Consumption Barely Fell During ProhibitionDescriptive Statistic
