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>>

04/February/2009 Gold: the protector and creator of jobs Hugo Salinas Price The fiat dollar – unanchored to gold – was the greatest strategic gift that the US could have made to China. Now, they have a huge industrial base and the US has Oh, so little!... more>>

26/January/2009 Mexico’s central bank contradicts itself Hugo Salinas Price Banco de Mexico´s Central Bank, has expressed the opinion that the monetization of the “Libertad” silver ounce would be inflationary. Its opposition to the monetization of the silver ounce is dogmatic, ideological and lacking in any logical support... more>>

05/November/2008 The strange case of falling international reserves Hugo Salinas Price Suddenly, since August, Reserves have stopped growing. What is the significance of the drastic change in the growth-trend of International Reserves, from explosive growth, to the sudden beginning of a contraction?... more>>

28/October/2008 An exercise in myth-busting Hugo Salinas Price “Financing expenditure” is a myth. All actions in the Present have effects in the Present. If a nation decides to live beyond its means, the result is not delayed into the future by “financing”. That nation becomes poorer in the here and now... more>>