Richard T. Ely

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Richard T. Ely was an influential American economist and social reformer known for helping establish economics as an academic discipline in the United States and for advocating progressive social policies.

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instanceOf academic
economist
human
social reformer
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1854-04-13
dateOfDeath 1943-10-04
educatedAt Columbia University
Heidelberg University NERFINISHED
employer Johns Hopkins University
Northwestern University
University of Wisconsin–Madison
familyName Ely
fieldOfWork economic history
economics
labor economics
public finance
social reform
founded American Economic Association
givenName Richard NERFINISHED
ideology Christian socialism
progressive liberalism
influenced American institutional economics
Edward A. Ross NERFINISHED
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influencedBy German historical school of economics
knownFor advocating progressive social policies
helping establish economics as an academic discipline in the United States
promoting labor legislation
supporting child labor laws
supporting regulation of monopolies
supporting social insurance programs
languageOfWorkOrName English
memberOf American Economic Association
movement Progressivism
Christian social gospel
surface form: Social Gospel
notableWork Ground Under Our Feet
Outlines of Economics
Property and Contract in Their Relations to the Distribution of Wealth
Social Aspects of Christianity
Studies in the Evolution of Industrial Society
American labor movement
surface form: The Labor Movement in America
occupation university teacher
writer
placeOfBirth Ripley, New York NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath Old Lyme, Connecticut
positionHeld president of the American Economic Association
religion Presbyterianism
sexOrGender male

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