Who believed that the primary role of government should be to protect the majority of citizens from the excesses of greedy robber barons?

Lester Frank Ward, an American sociologist, botanist and paleontologist believed that one of the government’s primary roles was to protect the citizens from robber barons by regulating these big businesses. He talked about it in his published 2 volume work Dynamic Sociology.

federal appellate courts are called courts of appeals. cases can be further appealed to the u.s. supreme court. cases are heard for the first time in a trial court. if either party disagrees with the decision in the trial court, they can appeal, asking a higher court to review the decision.

what are local authorities doing to fix the problem

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