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
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economist ⓘ human ⓘ social reformer ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1854-04-13 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1943-10-04 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Columbia University
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Heidelberg University NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer |
Johns Hopkins University
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Northwestern University ⓘ University of Wisconsin–Madison ⓘ |
| familyName | Ely ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
economic history
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economics ⓘ labor economics ⓘ public finance ⓘ social reform ⓘ |
| founded | American Economic Association ⓘ |
| givenName | Richard NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ideology |
Christian socialism
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progressive liberalism ⓘ |
| influenced |
American institutional economics
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Edward A. Ross NERFINISHED ⓘ Richard T. Ely self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
John R. Commons
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| influencedBy | German historical school of economics ⓘ |
| knownFor |
advocating progressive social policies
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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
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Christian social gospel ⓘ
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Social Gospel
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| notableWork |
Ground Under Our Feet
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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 ⓘ
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The Labor Movement in America
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| occupation |
university teacher
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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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John R. Commons