Professor and LR Wilson/RJ Currie Chair in Canadian Business History, University of Toronto
Dimitry Anastakis is the L.R. Wilson/R.J. Currie Chair in Canadian Business History at the University of Toronto in the Department of History and the Rotman School of Management, where he teaches about business, the state and politics, and globalization, particularly in the post-1945 period in Canada. His next book is _Dream Car: Malcolm Bricklin, his Fantastic Safety-Vehicle 1, and the End of Industrial Modernity_.
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