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