The difficulty as I see it, is quantifying the total job loss due to instances of bad governance. And then if you could, accurately determining which governance aspects are bad.

Theres two sides to the coin, and one side is very visible. That is the job losses.

What is less clear, is the potential missed gains. Not just from ill conceived market regulations and incentivization, but from bad trade deals.

The shrinking of the farming population from 98% to 2% didn't result in catastrophe, and mechanization in theory shouldn't either. Or maybe it will, and we will be welcoming our new robotic overlords until the Butlerian Jihad.

For who could be free when every other man's humour might domineer over him? - John Locke (2nd Treatise, sect 57)