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