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