Alexander Hamilton the man in the $10 bill, was the first U.S. Secretary of the Treasury and the Founding Father of the <em>Electoral College</em>, ratified at the election of Thomas Jefferson in 1800 tied with Aaron Burr, and Hamilton backed Jefferson, who won the presidency in the end.
The creators of the constitution didn't consider a system to allow voters to choose the president directly by popular vote. They didn't have much faith in people at that time, to pick the most qualified candidates. Therefore Hamilton motivated by this, proposed the Electoral College with an idea called “<em>not perfect, (but) at least excellent</em>” believing that idea would prevent such conjuncture.
Answer:
Epistemic shopping
Explanation:
Epistemic shopping is the type of shopping activity when the customer visits various places, and tries several presentations of the same product, in order to gain information or knowledge about the product, in order to pruchase only the best alternative later on.
Jim is engaging in epistemic shopping because he is very active in visiting cheese stores, trying out new cheeses, but he hardly ever purchases anything. This is because the main motivation behind his shopping activity is to gain knowledge, not to engage in compulsive shopping.
Answer: When women work all day, and then must come home to tackle household chores and parenting responsibilities.
Explanation: The "second shift" is the coin of sociologist Arlie Hochschild and Anne Machung, which they used to describe the burden of home work and the care of children, unfairly and disproportionately transferred to women, who in addition have a regular, paid, first shift, job. The second shift involves all household tasks for almost as long as a regular paid job lasts. That is why these household jobs are known as the second shift.
