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