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