John H. G. Crispo was a Canadian economist, author and educator.

Crispo graduated with a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Toronto

University of Toronto

The University of Toronto is a public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, situated on the grounds that surround Queen's Park. It was founded by royal charter in 1827 as King's College, the first institution of higher learning in Upper Canada...

 and with a Doctor of Philosophy at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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In 2006, he became a municipal politician, the Ward 3 councillor for Clearview Township

Clearview, Ontario

Clearview is a township in central Ontario, Canada, west of Barrie and south of Collingwood and Wasaga Beach in Simcoe County.-History:Clearview Township was established on January 1, 1994 when the Town of Stayner, The Village of Creemore and the Townships of Nottawasaga and Sunnidale were...

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He became a noted supporter of the Canada-United States Free Trade Agreement

Canada-United States Free Trade Agreement

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Eighteen years after being diagnosed with prostate cancer, Crispo died at Princess Margaret Hospital, Toronto aged 75. He was active at the University of Toronto's Rotman School of Management

Rotman School of Management

The Joseph L. Rotman School of Management commonly known as Rotman School of Management is the University of Toronto's business school, located in St. George Street in Downtown Toronto. The school, named after Joseph L...

where he was designated Professor Emeritus of Political Economy.

Books

• 2002: Rebel Without a Pause: Memoirs of a Canadian Maverick (Warwick) ISBN 1-894622-27-8
• 1992: Making Canada Work: Competing in the Global Economy, (1992, Random House) ISBN 0-394-22287-3
• 1990: Can Canada Compete? (Hemlock) ISBN 0-929066-04-9
• 1988: Free Trade: The Real Story (Gage) ISBN 0-7715-5110-X
• 1984: National consultation : problems and prospects (C. D. Howe Institute) ISBN 0-88806-125-0
• 1979: Mandate For Canada (General Publishing) ISBN 0-7736-1051-0
• 1978: Industrial democracy in western Europe : a North American perspective (McGraw-Hill Ryerson) ISBN 0-07-082700-1
• 1978: The Canadian industrial relations system (McGraw-Hill Ryerson) ISBN 0-07-082459-2
• 1975: The public right to know : accountability in the secretive society (McGraw-Hill Ryerson) ISBN 0-07-082248-4
• 1967: International unionism : a study in Canadian-American relations (McGraw-Hill)
• 1966: (editor) Industrial relations : challenges and responses (University of Toronto Press)