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