Gavekal, Holy Week and Political Gibberish

My warmest thanks to Mr. Louis Gave and the remarkable GAVEKAL Research team for the compliments; where I was supposedly to purchase their latest publication, “The End is Nigh”, instead got a complimentary set of not one but FOUR books.

It is when the big players whom we’d like to emulate acknowledges our lowly efforts, we feel humbly delighted.

In the observance of Holy Week, our regular outlook will resume on the 15^th of April, although if events warrant, we may post some short insights at my blog.

Finally, heard recently from a newscaster covering the recent hostage taking, “....especially from a country that values most its children.”

Our take: HUH? Isn’t “value” supposedly a subjective word? Our sense of values differs in the context of personal definition. What you value may or may not be the same as mine although in a general sense they could seem or be alike. In the words of Ludwig von Mises, ``All judgments of value are personal and subjective. There are no judgments of value other than those asserting I prefer, I like better, I wish.”

Hence, to arrive at such GENERALIZATION is indeed an outlandish spectacle. One is tempted to ask, on what basis does one derive or attach “VALUE” to merit such assertion; is it because of population growth, educational attainment or educational spending, health, family kinship, cultural ethos or productivity growth or etc. or a combination thereof?

My hunch; statements like this reflect political gibberish on the platform of moralizing from those allegedly are “in the KNOW”. This serves as an example of how the cankers of “toxic noises” pervade media which in turn taint the mindsets of the gullible general public.