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