Richard T. Ely
Richard Theodore Ely was an American economist, author, and leader of the Progressive movement who called for more government intervention to reform what it saw as the injustices of capitalism, especially regarding factory conditions, compulsory education, child labor, and labor unions.
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- Ripley
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- Columbia UniversityHeidelberg University
- Doctoral Advisors
- 🎓 Karl Knies🎓 Johann Caspar Bluntschli
- Doctoral Students
- 📖 Woodrow Wilson📖 Edward Alsworth Ross📖 Alvin Hansen📖 Albion Woodbury Small📖 John R. Commons
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1854
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Birth1943
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