About John Crispo
Lived 1933 – 2009 (aged 75). John Crispo was a Canadian economist.
John H. G. Crispo (5 May 1933 – 27 April 2009) was a Canadian economist, author and educator.
Crispo graduated with a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Toronto and with a Doctor of Philosophy at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
In 2006, he became a municipal politician, the Ward 3 councillor for Clearview Township in Central Ontario.
He became a noted supporter of the Canada-United States Free Trade Agreement.
He became the first dean of the University of Toronto's Rotman School of Management (then known as the Faculty of Management Studies), from when it was established in 1972 to 1975. He was active in the Faculty thereafter where he was designated professor emeritus.
Books 2002: Rebel Without a Pause: Memoirs of a Canadian Maverick (Warwick) 1992: Making Canada Work: Competing in the Global Economy, (1992, Random House) 1990: Can Canada Compete? (Hemlock) 1988: Free Trade: The Real Story (Gage) 1984: National consultation : problems and prospects (C. D. Howe Institute) 1979: Mandate For Canada (General Publishing) 1978: Industrial democracy in western Europe: a North American perspective (McGraw-Hill Ryerson) 1978: The Canadian industrial relations system (McGraw-Hill Ryerson) 1975: The public right to know : accountability in the secretive society (McGraw-Hill Ryerson) 1967: International unionism : a study in Canadian-American relations (McGraw-Hill) 1966: (editor) Industrial relations : challenges and responses (University of Toronto Press)
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Who was John Crispo?
Canadian economist
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John Crispo was born on 5 May 1933.
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John Crispo died on 27 April 2009.
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John Crispo was an economist.
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John Crispo was Canadian.
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