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