Socialism: An Examination of Its Nature, Its Strength and Its Weakness Paperback 1473302552 9781473302556 Richard T. Ely

• Format: Paperback
• Author: Richard T. Ely
• ISBN10: 1473302552
• ISBN13: 9781473302556

This early work by Richard T. Ely was originally published in 1894 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. Socialism: An Examination of Its Nature, Its Strength and Its Weakness is an academic work and contains chapters on The Origin of Socialism, Socialism and Present Problems, Land Reform, and much more. Richard Theodore Ely was born on 13th April 1854, in Ripley, New York, United States. Ely began his academic career as a professor and head of the Department of Political Economy at Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, where he worked from 1881 to 1892. During this period, Ely co-founded the American Economic Association and served as the groups secretary. He stood as President of the organisation between 1899 and 1901. The Association still titles its annual keynote address the Richard T. Ely Lecture in recognition of his services to the field. Ely published many works on politics and economics, including The Labor Movement in America 1886 , Elementary Principles of Economics 1904 , Property and Contract in their Relations to the Distribution of Wealth 1914 , Russian Land Reform 1916 , and many more.