Эли, Рихард Теодор (Ely; род. в 1854 г.) — американский экономист, профессор политической экономии сначала в Балтиморе, потом в университете штата Висконсин. Напечатал: "French and German Socialism in Modern Times" (Нью-Йорк, 1883; 2-ое изд. 1891); "The Past and Present of Political Economy" (Балтимор, 1884); "Recent American Socialism" (ib., 1885); "The Labor Movement in America" (Нью-Йорк, 1886); "Coop e ration in America" (Балтимор, 1887); "Problems of To-day; Tariffs, Taxation, Monopolies" (ib., 1888—90); "An Introduction to Political Economy" (ib., 1889); "Social Aspects of Christianity" (ib., 1889); "Outlines of Economics" (Нью-Йорк, 1893); "Socialism; an Examination of its Nature, its Strength and its Weakness" (Лонд. и Нью-Йорк, 1894); "The Social Law of Service" (ib., 1897).