The Meaning of the Gold and Silver Boom

1/28/2026|Updated: 1/28/2026

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Commentary

It’s impossible not to be amazed by the sudden boom in the price of precious metals, gold and silver in particular. I had been predicting some price moves above $40 but not $110. And for gold to break $5,000 per ounce was on no one’s radar.

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Jeffrey A. Tucker

Author

Jeffrey A. Tucker is the founder and president of the Brownstone Institute and the author of many thousands of articles in the scholarly and popular press, as well as 10 books in five languages, most recently “Liberty or Lockdown.” He is also the editor of “The Best of Ludwig von Mises.” He writes a daily column on economics for The Epoch Times and speaks widely on the topics of economics, technology, social philosophy, and culture. He can be reached at [email protected]