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The Majority Report with Sam Seder is a left wing, progressive internet talk radio program and podcast hosted by Sam Seder.The program focuses on the discussion of current events and political affairs from a social democratic, democratic socialist and progressive standpoint; to this end, comedy and satire are used from time to time to make key points.
A survey of economic historians in 1995 show that the vast majority concur with Temin's conclusion that "the inflation and financial crisis of the 1830s had their origin in events largely beyond President Jackson's control and would have taken place whether or not he had acted as he did vis-a-vis the Second Bank of the U.S." [98]
Economic history is the study of history using methodological tools from economics or with a special attention to economic phenomena. Research is conducted using a combination of historical methods, statistical methods and the application of economic theory to historical situations and institutions.
Majority report may refer to: A Majority opinion, in judicial decisions which are not unanimous; Majority Report (Poor Law) Majority Report, American feminist newspaper; The Majority Report with Sam Seder, a US radio show, hosted by Sam Seder, formerly hosted by Janeane Garofalo
In social choice, a tyranny-of-the-majority scenario can be formally defined as a situation where the candidate or decision preferred by a majority is greatly inferior (hence "tyranny") to the socially optimal candidate or decision according to some measure of excellence such as total utilitarianism or the egalitarian rule.
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The majority report was poorly written, with an unfocused and rambling style that undermined what valid points it made. Harper's Weekly opined that it did not, "inspire general confidence". The Chicago Tribune , which was sympathetic to the Radical Republican cause, even opined that the charges made in it were, "inferential and circumstantial".
The Majority Report by the Royal Commission on the Poor Laws was published in 1909. The commission was set up by the Conservative government of Arthur Balfour to review whether the Poor Law Amendment Act of 1834 should be modified or changed in the way it was administered, or if new legislation should be introduced, to deal with poverty and unemployment.