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