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