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