What A Taiwan Invasion Would Cost China

Government economic policies reflect abstract ideas of what agents wish reality were like. Praxeology is not beholden to abstract economic fantasies.

Nasrallah Abu Siyam, a 19-year-old Palestinian-American man, was executed by illegal Israeli settlers in the West Bank on Wednesday.  Abu Siyam was among about 30 residents of Mukhmas who were trying to stop armed illegal settlers from stealing their goats.  Israeli settlers shot at least three of the villagers, including Abu Siyam. The US State […] The post US Citizen Executed by Israeli Settlers as Israel Aims to Further Control the West Bank appeared first on LewRockwell.

Conference Board Confidence Unexpectedly Jumps To Highest In 2026 Despite war (and rising gas prices) now fully embedded in respondents' minds, it is perhaps surprising that The Conference Board's Consumer Confidence rose considerably more than expected to 92.8 in April (89.0 exp) from an upwardly revised 92.2. Present Situation dipped very modestly from 124.1 to 123.8 (120.1 exp) while Expectations rose from 71.0 to 72.2 (69.2 exp) Source: Bloomberg That is the highest headline print in 2026. “Consumer appraisals of current and expected business conditions declined moderately compared to last month," said Dana M Peterson,...