Poorer counties award more to plaintiffs | GOVERNMENT FAILURE

Poorer counties award more to plaintiffs

Justice isn't free--or unbiased.

The poorer the county in which a case is heard, the the larger the monetary award going to the plaintiff, even when controlling for case characteristics.

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Government Surveillance Exerts a Chilling Effect

Decentralized Productivity Buries Central Planning

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Net Migration From Least Free Metros

Policy Uncertainty Reduces Employment

Curfews Cause Crime

Unfree Countries Have Dirtier Air

US Prisons Don’t Rehabilitate

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FEMA Aid Precedes Corruption Spike

Government Debt has Exceeded World GDP for Decades

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Well-being Improved After Government Collapse

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Largest Aid Recipients Experienced Lowest Subsequent Growth Rates

Literacy Rates Lower in Less Free Countries

Regulation and Trust in Internet are Uncorrelated

Income Inequality Greatest in Least Free Countries

Less Happiness in Least Free Countries

Black Markets Common Where Corporate Taxes Highest

Gender Pay Gap Largest in Economically Un-free Countries

FDI Less Likely Where Corporate Taxes are High

ADA Hurt Disabled Workers

Printing Money Tends to Generate Price Inflation

Deforestation More Common in Least Free Countries

Less Tolerance in Economically Unfree Countries

Government Spending Didn’t Boost Test Scores

Unemployment Highest in Least-free Metro Areas

GDP Growth Rate Lower Where Gov Receipts Higher

Voter Turnout Lower Where Media is Unfree

During Prohibition, Americans Drank Harder Liquors

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USPS Posts Massive Annual Losses

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Least Free Countries Have Negative Growth Rates

Money Supply Growth Accompanied by Hyperinflation in Zimbabwe

Land-use Restrictions & Expensive Housing Go Hand-in-hand

Startups Rarest Where Corporate Taxes Highest

Poverty Declined Until “War on Poverty”

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“Ban-the-Box” Harms Hispanic Employment

Red-tape Correlated with Corruption

Investment Lowest Where Corporate Taxes Highest

Teen Employment Lowest Where Minimum Wage Highest

Aid Associated with Slowing African Growth Rates

Corruption Higher where Disaster Relief Higher

Citizens Less Willing to Demonstrate Where Media is Unfree

Genocides Deadlier than Wars

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“Ban-the-box” Harms Black Employment

Alcohol Consumption Barely Fell During Prohibition

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Citizens Know Least Where Media is Unfree

Homicides Spiked During Prohibition

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Poverty Level Unchanged Despite Increased Welfare Spending

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Largest Aid Recipients Experienced Lowest Subsequent Growth Rates

OSHA didn’t speed decline in workplace deaths

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