Quote of the day
Nothing is impossible in this world. Firm determination, it is said, can move heaven and earth. Things appear far beyond one's power, because one cannot set his heart on any arduous project due to want of strong will.
Richard T. Ely
Born: April 13, 1854
Died: October 4, 1943 (aged 89)
Bio: Richard Theodore Ely was an American economist, author, and leader of the Progressive movement. Ely is best remembered as a founder and the first Secretary of the American Economic Association, and as the author of a series of widely-read books on the organized labor movement, socialism, and other social questions.
Known for:
- Outlines of economics (1893)
- Taxation in American states and cities (1888)
- The labor movement in America (1886)
- Ground under our feet (1938)
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