20/January/2010 After the Welfare State, what? Hugo Salinas Price We can have the fraud of the Welfare State or the benefit of gold as money. We cannot have both. In the absence of kings who rule not by popular consent, but by the will of God, what legitimation can be found for government that does not depend upon the Welfare State as its foundation? ... more>>

01/December/2009 Eating is important Hugo Salinas Price I am pleased that we have such a large “informal”, non-tax-paying sector. It bodes well for the country. The result is very important: 50 to 60% of México that is “informal” gets to eat three meals a day... more>>

27/October/2009 It's time to end World War II Hugo Salinas Price Formally, World War II was over. But in fact, World War II was not only not over, but the US had implicitly declared war on the whole rest of the world by imposing the dollar as a means of settling trade deficits, along with gold... ... more>>

22/September/2009 A new Magna carta for our times Hugo Salinas Price One of these days, the Barons will finally wake up and demand a new Magna Carta from the King, to which he will be forced to accede: international trade must be settled, not papered over with debt instruments; the gold standard must be reinstalled.... more>>

08/September/2009 Why encouraging the population of China to import gold makes sense Hugo Salinas Price The big news in gold is that there are signs that the Chinese government is now inviting the Chinese to buy gold and silver. Some good reasons for China to favor gold purchases by its population ... more>>

07/September/2009 Opening the mint to gold and silver - then and now Hugo Salinas Price Some people think that one of the fundamental institutions of the 19th century should be restored; I will single out Great Britain as the great leader embracing this institution. This institution was the free minting of gold practiced by Great Britain in its heyday of growth, world economic and financial power... more>>

16/July/2009 Causes and effects Hugo Salinas Price Cars do not run on water, they run on gasoline. Economies – civilizations themselves – cannot function on simulated money, money that is fraudulent, fictitious and imaginary (in the case of bank money)... more>>

18/June/2009 Hugo Salinas Price's conference at Madrid Hugo Salinas Price In Mexico, the idea of silver money is well known and it is only a matter of time for this Bill to be approved by the Congress. However, this project can also be carried out in any other country. Spain could mint its own silver ounce and follow the fundamental outline which I have proposed for the Mexican silver ounce... more>>

01/April/2009 Consensus and all that rot Hugo Salinas Price It's really fortunate for the journalists at The Wall St. Journal and the Financial Times that there is no consensus on the causes of this crisis, for they will be able to sell a lot of words to their bosses at the papers. However, the cause of the crisis is quite plain... more>>

20/February/2009 The long and the short of it Hugo Salinas Price The enormous increases in cash available at the banks are insignificant in comparison with the prevailing enormous shorts on cash and long positions in debt. The squeeze is implacable. In effect, everyone on God’s green earth is trying to obtain cash – which means going long on cash – and trying to pay down debt – which means shorting debt... more>>