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