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