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