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