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