Matthew Williams

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MAHA is a Movement of Government Overreach

05/20/2025 Mises Wire Matthew Williams

Robert Kennedy‘s Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) crusade is being promoted as a government-led effort to eliminate health hazards in food and medicine. However, MAHA depends upon government overreach, which ultimately will undermine any good MAHA does.

Don’t Be A Panican, But Question Government Shenanigans

05/12/2025 Mises Wire Matthew Williams

Ours in an age when people panic, sometimes for good reasons but often for bad. Governments benefit from panicked citizenry, which is why we always should question those political decisions that can turn our lives upside down.

A Moral Argument for Free Trade

05/03/2025 Mises Wire Matthew Williams

Murray Rothbard believed that the right to engage in voluntary exchange has long been understood as a natural right, not just a good, practical idea. Tariffs and other trade barriers violate that right.

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Don’t Be A Panican, But Question Government Shenanigans

05/27/2025 Matthew Williams

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