David Kilgour

David Kilgour, Member of Parliament (retired)
for the southeastern area of Edmonton, Alberta
May 1979 until January 2006:

Archived Headlines on WORLD ECONOMIC PROBLEMS Issues:

UK and the Eurozone: Staying on the Sidelines May Not Be Such a Bad Option, December 9, 2011
The Spirit of Enterprise, New York Times, December 1, 2011
Warning Signs from the Chinese Stock Market, December 1, 2011
Lawmakers Consider U.S. Aid to China, C-SPAN, November 15, 2011
Canadians Lose Jobs as Manufacturing Suffers, Wall Street Journal, November 04, 2011
Reflections on world economy and more by Nick Rost van Tonningen of Canada, November 03, 2011
For Cameron big bridges are sexier than real jobs, guardian.co.uk, November 01, 2011
EU to China: Let’s make a deal, Globe and Mail, October 29, 2011
Occupy What?, By Beryl Wajsman, THE MÉTROPOLITAIN, October 26, 2011
Bikes for Developing economies!
Meritas socially responsibl?e investment?s
Reflections on world economy and more by Nick Rost van Tonningen of Canada, September 8, 2011
Biden Goes to Beijing, Forbes, August 14, 2011
The Need to Challenge Conventional Economic Wisdom, August 1, 2011
Reflections on world economy and more by Nick Rost van Tonningen of Canada, August 4, 2011
China: The New Investment Savior?, thenewamerican.com, May 12, 2011
Reflections on world economy and more by Nick Rost van Tonningen of Canada, July 11th, 2011
Moody's warns over China bad debt, July 5, 2011
Chinese Stocks: Crouching Profits, Hidden Danger, Epoch Times, July 1, 2011
Spillover of China’s Trade Violations Feared, Epoch Times, June 28, 2011
UK Signs $2.3-Billion Trade Deal with Chinese Regime, NTDTV, June 28, 2011
China's Central Bank Guilty of Driving Up Debt and Inflation, Epoch Times, June 27, 2011
China's Square Peg vs. The West's Round Hole, Wall Street Journal, June 23, 2011
The euro crisis: If Greece goes…, The Economist, June 23, 2011
A debt disaster by whatever measure you use, The Globe and Mail, June 21, 2011
Reflections on world economy and more by Nick Rost van Tonningen of Canada, May 19, 2011
Reflections on world economy and more by Nick Rost van Tonningen of Canada, May 12, 2011
New Book: Death by China
The Unwisdom of Elites, New York Times, May 8, 2011
Reflections on world economy and more by Nick Rost van Tonningen of Canada, May 5, 2011
Global Debt, Instability and the Transfer of Wealth, May, 2011
Reflections on world economy and more by Nick Rost van Tonningen of Canada, April 21, 2011
China and the US at Loggerheads, Epoch Times, April 7, 2011
Canadian companies urged to look at the cost of doing business with despots, Globe and Mail, March 21, 2011
Reflections on world economy and more by Nick Rost van Tonningen of Canada, March 24th, 2011
Reflections on world economy and more by Nick Rost van Tonningen of Canada, March 12, 2011
ECONOMIC GLEANINGS, February 21, 2010
Corporate Taxes: The Chief Business Of The Conquerors, Forbes, January 20, 2011
Anonymous Observations on the World Economy, January 27, 2011
Financial Crisis Was Avoidable, Inquiry Finds, NEW YORK TIMES, January 25, 2011
Staggering debt belies developed world’s ‘wealth’, Globe and Mail, January 23, 2011
Rhetoric Takes Center Stage at Obama-Hu Press Conference, Epoch Times, January 19, 2011
Expectations Ahead of US-China Summit, Radio Free Asia, January 14, 2011
Citing rights failings, firm divests Cisco holdings, AFP, January 12, 2011
China leads list of biggest U.S. creditors, Reuters, January 10, 2011
ECONOMIC GLEANINGS, December 16, 2010
Sino-Norwegian Rig Contract Overcomes Nobel Rift, December 13, 2010
US and Canada Need to Restore Business Ties: Report, Epoch Times, December 14, 2010
Special Report: Alberta's growing connection to the surging Chinese superpower, Calgary Herald, December 09, 2010
Why Chinese Companies Buying US Companies Matters, Epoch Times, December 07, 2010
The Big American Leak, By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN, New York Times, December 04, 2010
ECONOMIC GLEANINGS, December 02, 2010
ECONOMIC GLEANINGS, November 25, 2010
The G20 Summit's Influence on China, By Wei Jingsheng, November 14, 2010
ECONOMIC GLEANINGS, October 28, 2010
Beijing’s Fear of a Free-Floating Yuan, Epoch Times, October 22, 2010
U.S. Union Charges China With Unfair Trade Practices, Epoch Times, October 17, 2010
The enemy is not cheap goods, By Jeff Jacoby, Boston Globe, October 06, 2010
Fears of Chinese land grab as Beijing's billions buy up resources, By Sarah Arnott, The Independent, October 02, 2010
Taking On China, By Paul Krugman, New York Times, September 30, 2010
Senators Tell Geithner That China Hinders U.S. Recovery, By SEWELL CHAN, New York Times, September 16, 2010
Austan Goolsbee to Head the CEA, The Atlantic, September 10, 2010
ECONOMIC GLEANINGS, September 2, 2010
China Begs, Borrows, Steals American Know-How: Peter Navarro, By Peter Navarro, Bloomberg, August 26, 2010
Potash Corp/China interview Budden-Kilgour on CFRA, August 25, 2010
Possible change in potash pricing worries China, By James Regan and Tracy Zheng, Reuters, August 24, 2010
China's cautionary tale, By GWYNNE DYER, Japan Times, August 21, 2010
U.S. Deflation and China’s Asset Bubble, By Peter Morici, Epoch Times, August 20, 2010
ECONOMIC GLEANINGS, August 16, 2010
GLEANINGS VERSION II, August 14, 2010
Concerned about China's rise, Southeast Asian nations build up militaries, By John Pomfret, Washington Post, August 09, 2010
ECONOMIC GLEANINGS, August 05, 2010
ECONOMIC GLEANINGS, July 22, 2010
Beijing works a Chinese puzzle as Sudan prepares to split, By Jonathan Manthorpe, Vancouver Sun, July 19, 2010
ECONOMIC GLEANINGS, July 15, 2010
The Greed That Powers ‘Made in China', Epoch Times, June 17, 2010
China's Currency Manipulation: Factors to Consider, By Bryan Rich, Epoch Times, June 06, 2010
ECONOMIC GLEANINGS, June 03, 2010
ECONOMIC GLEANINGS, May 13, 2010
China's industrial policy is bigger concern than yuan, U.S. executives say, By John Pomfret, Washington Post, May 7, 2010
Debt burden weighs on developed nations, By Howard Schneider and Anthony Faiola, Washington Post, April 09, 2010
U.S. government responds to Chinese drywall complaints, By Tom Doggett, Reuters, April 03, 2010
ECONOMIC GLEANINGS, April 01, 2010
Financial Reform 101, By PAUL KRUGMAN, NEW YORK TIMES, April 01, 2010
China: Crunch Time, By Peter Zeihan, STRATFOR, March 30, 2010
With 2.4 Million Jobs Lost to China, New Trade Battle Begins, By Art Levine, t r u t h o u t, March 25, 2010
Tribunal slaps duty on some Chinese steel imports; rules Canadian industry harmed, By Kristine Owram, The Canadian Press, March 23, 2010
An Irish Mirror, By PAUL KRUGMAN, NEW YORK TIMES, March 07, 2010
Legalizing Chinese espionage?, By William R. Hawkins, American Thinker Blog, March 02, 2010
Paper Tiger: China's No Threat to the U.S., By John Lee, BusinessWeek, February 26, 2010
Rogoff Says China Crisis May Trigger Regional Slump , Bloomberg, February 24, 2010
Why China Hasn’t Dumped American Bonds, Epoch Times, February 22, 2010
ECONOMIC GLEANINGS, February 22, 2010
New Chinese aggressiveness ratchets up economic friction, By Sol Sanders, Washington Times, February 22, 2010
How to Watch the Banks, By HENRY M. PAULSON Jr., NEW YORK TIMES, February 15, 2010
New investments in agriculture likely to fail without sharp focus on small-scale 'mixed' farmers, February 11, 2010
U.S. companies despair of doing normal business in China., By Robyn Meredith, Forbes, February 8, 2010
China extends commercial ties with Tehran, By Najmeh Bozorgmehr, Financial Times, February 9, 2010
It's time for the Obama administration to burst Beijing's bubble, Washington Post, February 4, 2010
China sees how the West was won , By Rowan Callick, The Australian, February 4, 2010
Emergent China's disdain for West cause of building antagonism, By Jonathan Manthorpe, Vancouver Sun, January 28, 2010
The Unforgettable Commencement Address to the Class of 2009, University of Portland, By Paul Hawken
ECONOMIC GLEANINGS, January 21, 2010
Why America and China will clash, By Gideon Rachman, Financial Times, January 18, 2010
After Google’s Loud Stance on China, U.S. Treads Lightly, By DAVID E. SANGER and JOHN MARKOFF, Herald Tribune, January 15, 2010
Factbox: Foreign firms that withdrew from China, Reuters, January 14, 2010
China's Aggressive Exports, By Wieland Wagner, SPIEGEL ONLINE, January 12, 2010
China price dispute scuttles potash talks, By Paul Waldie, The Globe and Mail, January 07, 2010
Reckoning delayed, By Ross McKitrick, National Post, January 05, 2010
Greener oil sands, greener planet, By Satya Das, The Globe and Mail, January 04, 2010
A religious response to the financial crisis, By Jim Wallis, The Washington Post, January 03, 2010
Chinese New Year, By PAUL KRUGMAN, NEW YORK TIMES, December 31, 2009
Free trade isn't so free, By L. Ronald Scheman, Washington Times, December 30, 2009
Akmal Shaikh and China's smile diplomacy, Economist, December 30, 2009
The Big Zero , By PAUL KRUGMAN, NEW YORK TIMES, December 27, 2009
How do I know China wrecked the Copenhagen deal? I was in the room, By Mark Lynas, guardian.co.uk, December 22, 2009
ECONOMIC GLEANINGS, December 20, 2009
Chinese domestic politics hold world economy hostage, By Mr William Jacobson, Financial Times, December 20, 2009
ECONOMIC GLEANINGS, December 10, 2009
Statistics of Suffering
Renminbi is to blame for US woes, Financial Times, December 14, 2009
Orienting Obama, By DAVID JONES, Hill Times, December 07, 2009
In China, Harper Wins Carrot Despite the Stick, By Jason Loftus, Epoch Times, December 03, 2009
ECONOMIC GLEANINGS, December 03, 2009
Harper’s Visit To India - Reality Vs. perception., By Bhupinder S. Liddar, South Asian Link, November 27, 2009
Taxing the Speculators, By PAUL KRUGMAN, NEW YORK TIMES, November 26, 2009
ECONOMIC GLEANINGS, November 26, 2009
ECONOMIC GLEANINGS, November 12, 2009
China’s Role as Lender Alters Obama’s Visit , By HELENE COOPER, MICHAEL WINES and DAVID E. SANGER, New York Times, November 14, 2009
A Successful Day of Visit - Obama's Trip to Japan, By Wei Jingsheng, World Economy, November 12, 2009
ECONOMIC GLEANINGS, November 13, 2009
ECONOMIC GLEANINGS, November 5, 2009
ECONOMIC GLEANINGS,, October 29, 2009
ECONOMIC GLEANINGS, October 22, 2009
Impenetrable, The Economist, October 15, 2009
ECONOMIC GLEANINGS, October 8, 2009
Improving Accountability at the World Bank, By Alnoor Ebrahim, Working Knowledge, September 28, 2009
The new China syndrome: The threat to Canada, By Fen Osler Hampson, Financial Post, September 14, 2009
ECONOMIC GLEANINGS, September 10, 2009
ECONOMIC GLEANINGS, September 03, 2009
ECONOMIC GLEANINGS, August 27, 2009
ECONOMIC GLEANINGS, August 20, 2009
ECONOMIC GLEANINGS, August 13, 2009
WTO ruling pushes Beijing to open trade , By Richard Blackwell, Globe and Mail, August 12, 2009
ECONOMIC GLEANINGS, August 11, 2009
Judge Attacks Merrill Pre-Merger Bonuses , By LOUISE STORY, NEW YORK TIMES, August 10, 2009
ECONOMIC GLEANINGS, August 06, 2009
Navarro's Always a Winner Strategies
Obama calls for deeper U.S.-Chinese ties, By Paul Eckert and David Lawder, Reuters, July 27, 2009
ECONOMIC GLEANINGS, July 23, 2009
ECONOMIC GLEANINGS, July 13, 2009
Lessons from the Great Recession, By Derek DeCloet, Globe and Mail, July 4, 2009
The Coming Trade War With China, Forbes, July 3, 2009
ECONOMIC GLEANINGS (pdf), July 3, 2009
ECONOMIC GLEANINGS (pdf), June 30, 2009
ECONOMIC GLEANINGS, June 25, 2009
NSW to buy Aussie-made products to save jobs, By Simon Benson, Daily Telegraph, June 15, 2009
Hay festival: Niall Ferguson's grim prediction for western economies, By Charlotte Higgins, guardian.co.uk, May 25, 2009
The Crisis and How to Deal with It, By Bill Bradley, Niall Ferguson, Paul Krugman, Nouriel Roubini, George Soros, Robin Wells et al., May 24, 2009
Now is the time for a less selfish capitalism, By Richard Layard, The Financial Times, March 11, 2009
Why the financial crisis helps the dollar, By Patrick Lane, The Economist, November 19, 2008
CANADA AND "DIASPORAS"-THE CASE OF FILIPINOS, By Hon. David Kilgour, Diaspora Consultation of Lausanne Diasporas Leadership, The Asian Theological seminary and the Philippine Council of Evangelical Churches, Greenhills Christian Fellowship Church; Manila, 5th May, 2009
Women bear brunt of hunger crisis in Africa, world, By DONNA BRYSON, AP, April 25, 2009
Coherence Needed in Canada-China Relations , By David Kilgour
THE AGE OF OBAMA: CANADA AND THE US, By David T. Jones, IRPP, April, 2009
Awake and Sing! , By FRANK RICH, NEW YORK TIMES, April 11, 2009
Healthy Canadian Banks, By Nicolas Schmitt, Truthout, April 07, 2009
US Recovery Is Far Off, Banks Are 'Basically Insolvent': Soros, CNBC, April 06, 2009
The Obama Manner, truthout, April 06, 2009
The Price Is Not Right, By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN, New York Times, March 31, 2009
Unwrapping the Enigmatic Chinese Riddle, By John Pomfret, Washington Post, March 31, 2009
Engaging China During the Economic Crisis, Paper prepared by Hon. David Kilgour, J.D., for forum on Forced Labour Exports from China, Theatre, Chamber of Deputies, Congress of the Union, Mexico City, March 30, 2009
China posturing to become leading superpower, By ZACHARY HUBBARD, The Tribune-Democrat, March 27, 2009
Australia Blocks China’s Purchase of Mining Company, By BETTINA WASSENER, New York Times, March 27, 2009
Everything Bad Is Good Again, By GAIL COLLINS, NEW YORK TIMES, March 26, 2009
China and the Dollar, Wall Street Journal, March 26, 2009
The Very Face of Victory, By Tom Shales, Washington Post, March 25, 2009
What does one TRILLION dollars look like?
Obama's Global Op-Ed: "A Time For Global Action", The Huffington Post, March 24, 2009
When the Economy Really Did ‘Fall Off a Cliff’, By JEAN STROUSE, NEW YORK TIMES, March 22, 2009
Don’t Buy the Chirpy Forecasts, By Carmen Reinhart and Kenneth Rogoff, NEWSWEEK, March 21, 2009
Made-in-China Ontario flags an 'insult', By Tanya Talaga and Robert Benzie, Toronto Star, March 20, 2009
Outsourcing outrage, By JOE WARMINGTON, Toronto Sun, March 20, 2009
Trade Barriers Could Threaten Global Economy, By Anthony Faiola, Washington Post, March 18, 2009
Obama's Real Test, By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN, NEW YORK TIMES, March 17, 2009
A.I.G. Using "Suicide Strategy" to Push Bonuses, By Matt Renner, t r u t h o u t, March 17, 2009
Bank stability is the key to recovery from recession, By Anatole Kaletsky , The Times, March 16, 2009
Will the Chinese Communist Party Survive the Crisis?, By Minxin Pei, Foreign Affairs, March 12, 2009
Canada economy better placed than most: IMF, Financial Post, March 11, 2009
Brown cannot shirk the blame for Lloyds, By William Rees-Mogg, The Times, March 09, 2009
12 Deregulatory Steps to Financial Meltdown, By Robert Weissman, CommonDreams.org, March 7, 2009
Like Somali Pirates, Wall Street Holds U.S. to Ransom, By Ann Pettifor, Huffington Post, March 08, 2009
The rock of our recovery, By Beryl Wajsman, The Suburban, March 08, 2009
Who got AIG's bailout billions?, By Toni Reinhold, Reuters, March 08, 2009
Miracles Take Time, By BOB HERBERT, NEW YORK TIMES, March 06, 2009
Recipe for Disaster: The Formula That Killed Wall Street, By Felix Salmon, Wired News, February 23, 2009
Finance for Our Times, By GAIL COLLINS, NEW YORK TIMES, February 21, 2009
What We Don't Know Will Hurt Us, By FRANK RICH, NEW YORK TIMES, February 21, 2009
Showing Some Discipline, By DAVID BROOKS, NEW YORK TIMES, February 09, 2009
Be happy, worried liberals. Obama's bill is a triumph, By Michael Tomasky, The Guardian, February 09, 2009
Mistresses of the Universe, By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF, NEW YORK TIMES, February 07, 2009
CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES FACING AFRICA, Remarks by Hon. David Kilgour, Conference on Building Peace and Global Solidarity, New Yorker Hotel, Manhattan, New York, 30 Jan 2009
Pampered diplomats protest scaling back of luxury accommodations , By David Hutton, David Kilgour, Michele Brill-Edwards and Brian McAdam , Hill Times, January 19, 2009
Wall Street Voodoo, By PAUL KRUGMAN, New York Times, 18 Jan. 2009
Obama Adviser Urges More Rigorous Global Financial Regulation, By Anthony Faiola, Washington Post, January 16, 2009
News Items on World Economy, January 15, 2009
Survival of the Fittest, The Times, January 06, 2009
Why it would be wrong to write off the Brics, By Jim O'Neill, The Financial Times, January 05, 2009
The Next World Order, By GURCHARAN DAS, NEW YORK TIMES, January 01, 2009
New York, New York: America’s Resilient City, By Edward L. Glaeser, New York Times, December 30, 2008
Majority of Canadians back auto bailout: poll, By BRUCE CHEADLE, Globe and Mail, December 26, 2008
How '08 went bust, By JESSICA LEEDER, Globe and Mail, December 26, 2008
All eyes on U. S. economy for many Canadian exporters, By Melanie Cummings, Burlington Post, December 26, 2008
Bush a catalyst in America's declining influence, By Paul Richter, Los Angeles Times, December 25, 2008
Life Without Bubbles , By PAUL KRUGMAN, New York Times, December 22, 2008
Peter Navarro's Well-Timed Strategies & Coming China Wars
Swindle of the Century, WASHINGTON POST, December 18, 2008
SEC Ignored Credible Tips About Madoff, Chief Says, By Binyamin Appelbaum and David S. Hilzenrath, Washington Post, December 17, 2008
The Great Unraveling, By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN, NEW YORK TIMES, December 16, 2008
PM's economic flip: 'I've never seen such uncertainty', By BRIAN LAGHI, STEVEN CHASE and BILL CURRY, Globe and Mail, December 16, 2008
Mostly economic gleanings from a friend in Western Canada, who prefers not to be identified., December 13, 2008
Cars, Kabul and Banks, By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN, NEW YORK TIMES, December 13, 2008
Capitalist Fools, By Joseph E. Stiglitz, Vanity Fair, January 2009 Issue
A deal for Detroit?, The Economist, December 9, 2008
Kill the Media Zombies, By Tina Brown, The Daily Beast, December 8 2008
1930s beggar-thy-neighbour fears as China devalues , By Ambrose Evans-Pritchard, Telegraph, December 4, 2008
The Brightest Are Not Always the Best, By FRANK RICH, NEW YORK TIMES, December 6, 2008
Wei Jingsheng Attended the Festival of Modernity: Democracy, in Milan, Italy and Spoke about the Current Financial Crisis
At last this exhausted region is energised - by its old foe, By Simon Jenkins, The Guardian, December 3, 2008
Deficits and the Future, By PAUL KRUGMAN, NEW YORK TIMES, December 1, 2008
5 things the war Cabinet says about Obama, By JIM VANDEHEI & MIKE ALLEN, Politico, December 1, 2008
What Would Keynes Have Done?, By N. GREGORY MANKIW, New York Times, November 28, 2008
Violence Clouds India's Economic Future, By HEATHER TIMMONS and KEITH BRADSHER, New York Times, November 28, 2008
Who is Christina Romer?, By LISA LERER, POLITICO, November 28, 2008
Lest We Forget, By PAUL KRUGMAN, New Tork Times, November 27, 2008
Count Those Blessings, By GAIL COLLINS, NEW YORK TIMES, November 26, 2008
All Fall Down, By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN, NEW YORK TIMES, November 25, 2008
The End, By Michael Lewis, Condé Nast PortfolioDecember 2008 Issue
REBUILDING CONFIDENCE KEY TO ENDING WORLD ECONOMIC CRISIS, Notes for Remarks by Hon. David Kilgour, J.D. to Canada/U.S. Trade Through to 2010 Conference of Brantford Brant, Burlington, Hamilton and Oakville Chambers of Commerce, at Royal Botanical Gardens Burlington, Ontario, November 20, 2008
Auto Makers Settle for Tough Love, By GERALD F. SEIB, The Wall Street Journal, November 25, 2008
Big Three bailout can be 'win-win' , By Meredith Macleod, thespec.com, November 21, 2008
6 myths about the Detroit 3, By MARK PHELAN, Detroit Free Press, November 17, 2008
Depression Economics Returns, By PAUL KRUGMAN, NEW YORK TIMES, November 14, 2008
Who's to blame? Look in the mirror, Mr Brown, By John Major, Times, November 13, 2008
Franklin Delano Obama?, By Paul Krugman, NEW YORK TIMES, November 10, 2008
No Time for Laurels; Now the Hard Part, By PETER BAKER, The New York Times, November 4, 2008
Rejoin the World, By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF, New York Times, November 01, 2008
Dems sketch Obama staff, Cabinet, By MIKE ALLEN, The Politico, October 31, 2008
Mortgage Justice Is Blind, By JOHN D. GEANAKOPLOS and SUSAN P. KONIAK, New York Times, October 29, 2008
US public pension funds face big losses, By Deborah Brewster, The Financial Times, October 26, 2008
World economy column by Prof Barry Cooper, October 24, 2008
Yes We Have No Bananas: A Critique of the 'Food Miles' Perspective, By Hiroko Shimizu, Pierre Desrochers, Mercatus, October 24, 2008
Larry Summers: What is to be done?
Banks buy into jail-labour firm , By JAMIL ANDERLINI, South China Morning Post, 17 August 2005