John Ridpath, Ph.D. (born 1936) is a Canadian Objectivist intellectual and retired associate professor of economics and intellectual history at York University in Toronto. He also taught courses at Duke University [1]. He attended Toronto's prestigious Upper Canada College (Head Boy, 1955) and then later the University of Toronto, from which he received both an undergraduate degree in Engineering and an MBA. Although he obtained his doctorate in economics from the University of Virginia (1974), he professes to be an intellectual historian, rather than an economist proper. As an academic, despite receiving an award by the Ontario Council of University Faculty Associations for outstanding contribution to university teaching, he was nearly terminated for his radical outspoken views and his avowed hatred of much of York University's faculty, which is comprised largely of leftists. He was forced to retire from his university post in 2001. Doctor of Philosophy (Ph. ... 1936 (MCMXXXVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Objectivism is a philosophy[1] developed by Ayn Rand that encompasses positions on metaphysics, epistemology, ethics, politics, and aesthetics. ... An intellectual is a person who uses his or her intellect to work, study, reflect, speculate on, or ask and answer questions with regard to a variety of different ideas. ... A professor is a senior teacher and researcher, usually in a college or university. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Intellectual history means either: the history of intellectuals, or: the history of the people who create, discuss, write about and in other ways propagate ideas. ... York University, located in Toronto, Ontario, is Canadas third-largest university. ... Duke University is a private coeducational research university located in Durham, North Carolina, USA. Duke was founded by Methodists and Quakers in the present-day town of Trinity in 1838, moved to Durham in 1892. ... Upper Canada College (abbreviated to UCC) is a private elementary and secondary school for boys, founded in 1829. ... Head Boy and Head Girl are terms commonly used in the British education system. ... The University of Toronto (U of T) is a coeducational public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. ... In some educational systems, undergraduate education is post-secondary education up to the level of a Bachelors degree. ... Engineering is the design, analysis, and/or construction of works for practical purposes. ... Master of Business Administration (MBA) is a tertiary degree in business management. ... The University of Virginia (also called U.Va. ... 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... Intellectual history means either: the history of intellectuals, or: the history of the people who create, discuss, write about and in other ways propagate ideas. ... For the emotion Hatred please see Hate Hatred (Nenavist) is a Soviet film of 1975 directed by Samvel Gasparov. ... Look up Faculty on Wiktionary, the free dictionary Faculty has several different meanings and can refer to: University faculty are the instructors and/or researchers of high standing at universities, as opposed to the students or support staff. ... In politics, left-wing, political left, leftism, or simply the left, are terms which refer (with no particular precision) to the segment of the political spectrum typically associated with any of several strains of socialism, social democracy, or liberalism (especially in the American sense of the word), or with opposition...

He currently serves on the board of directors of the Ayn Rand Institute. His writing has appeared in academic publications and in The Intellectual Activist. He is an expert on American history and has promoted capitalism against socialism in debates on college campuses, notably against former premier of Ontario Bob Rae. He continues to lecture in Europe and North America. He has a son, Jefferson Ridpath, named after Thomas Jefferson, of whom he is a great admirer. He lives in Toronto and is a long-time aficionado of Ontario's Algonquin Provincial Park. The Ayn Rand Institute: The Center for the Advancement of Objectivism (ARI) was established in 1985, three years after Ayn Rands death, by Leonard Peikoff, Rands legal and intellectual heir. ... The Intellectual Activist is a monthly Objectivist magazine based in Charlottesville, Virginia. ... Pre-Colonial America For details, see the main Pre-Colonial America article. ... Capitalism generally refers to an economic system in which the means of production are mostly privately[1] owned and operated for profit, and in which distribution, production and pricing of goods and services are determined in a largely free market. ... Socialism refers to a broad array of doctrines or political movements that envisage a socio-economic system in which property and the distribution of wealth are subject to social control. ... In Canada, a Premier is the head of government of a province. ... Motto: Ut Incepit Fidelis Sic Permanet (Latin: Loyal she began, loyal she remains) Official languages English (de facto) Capital Toronto Largest city Toronto Lieutenant-Governor James K. Bartleman Premier Dalton McGuinty (Liberal) Parliamentary representation  - House seats  - Senate seats 106 24 Area Total  - Land  - Water  (% of total)  Ranked 4th 1,076... Bob Rae Robert Keith (Bob) Rae, PC, OC, O.Ont, QC, B.A., LL.B, B.Phi. ... This article is becoming very long. ... For an alternate meaning, see Fan (implement). ... Algonquin Provincial Park is a provincial park located between Georgian Bay and the Ottawa River in central Ontario. ...

External links

• "America Needs a Leader Like George Washington" by John Ridpath
• John Ridpath's page at the Ayn Rand Institute
• Professor John Ridpath's now defunct academic course page on York University's Department of Economics web site
• John Ridpath's available lectures for purchase at the Ayn Rand Bookstore