Sentences with phrase «outsized influence»

And though the extreme leverage inherent in gold futures enables their speculators to wield outsized influence on short - term price action, investors» capital massively dwarfs the speculators».

Commonly cited concerns include the potential for outsized influence of big money donors on the policy process relative to more traditional voices in public education debates, such as teachers and other education practitioners.

The increasing use of dual - class stock structure, in which founders can have small ownership percentages, but outsized influence over company decisions via voting rights, has played a role.

Mei, who pleaded guilty to accepting bribes from Singh in exchange for helping him secure town - guaranteed loans, said the GOP wielded outsized influence in Oyster Bay.

The two main issues he sees in bitcoin are in environmental impact and the instability that arises from the few bitcoin miners with the cheapest access to electricity exerting outsized influence.

Against this improving fundamental backdrop, a geopolitically driven supply disruption will now have a much more outsized influence, and price spikes can no longer be dismissed as things of the past.

Companies routinely circumvent New York's campaign contribution limits by giving through multiple LLC entities, which has degraded the integrity of our elections and given certain interests outsized influence in both chambers of the legislature.

Trump also prevailed in part because the structure of the US electoral college gives outsized influence to Republican - leaning rural areas over Democratic urban centres.

This potentially outsized influence could hasten the Catalan independence campaign.

These states have been swing states in recent presidential elections, which gives industries with workers in those regions outsized influence.

Zinn, who died in 2010, has had an undeservedly outsized influence in the teaching of American history, and Daniels was rightly concerned about the use of Zinn's work in training primary and secondary schoolteachers to teach American history to youngsters.

«In federal and many state and local elections, and even elections for state courts, extraordinarily wealthy individuals and powerful corporations exercise vastly outsized influence,» the donors write in the letter.

Rather, it gives the major labels outsized influence on a streaming service's content offerings.

Since the ASIC market is dominated by Bitmain, many people fear that the development of Ethash ASIC miners will centralize Ethereum's hashpower and give Bitmain outsized influence — influence it may not wield for the good of the community.

By extension, the companies who own that access — who own the funnel, to use a marketing term — are the ones who gain outsized influence and, in the long run, outsized profits.

When we fret over the «outsized influence of special interests,» we are decrying the fact that the «average guy's» voice is being drawn out by money.

But in recent weeks, a number of more moderate Republicans have privately expressed to the Daily News the same concerns about the Conservative Party's outsized influence on who the GOP picks for candidates.

Amazon and Whole Foods have a less than 2 percent share of the grocery market, but should have outsized influence over the category.

Companies routinely circumvent New York's campaign contribution limits by giving through multiple LLC entities, which has damaged the integrity of our elections and given certain interests outsized influence in both chambers of the legislature.

A geopolitically driven supply disruption will now have a much more outsized influence, and price spikes can no longer be dismissed as things of the past.

They're hard to reach, they distrust marketing, and they have an outsized influence on the general public.

Measures taken over a 12 - month stretch reveal these blunting the effect of volatile sectors that can have an outsized influence over a 1 -, 2 - or 3 - month readings.

Commentary: The baby boomers continue to have an outsized influence on our culture and our politics and on the U.S.'s fiscal situation for years to come

The U.S., which is in the most advanced stage of the business cycle, may be the critical link, in part, because it tends to have an outsized influence on the global cycle, particularly for emerging markets.

Debt, climate change and the uncertainty created by the rise of populism all have outsized influence on the economic outlook, and therefore the trajectory of inflation.»

The NDP is yet another way evangelicals are trying to have an outsized influence on politics in order to push their agenda.

The divergent fortunes of Bellamy's and The A2 Milk Company over the last year has provided a live example of the power of the daigou and their outsized influence on China - focused consumer stocks.

Big Spoon Roasters» Almond Brazil Butter: Outside of the mixed nut tin, the Brazil nut hasn't had an outsized influence.

Because of Phillips forcing those guys to be the heroes or goats, their performances ended up having an outsized influence on the game.

Not everybody in Utah is LDS (a 2007 survey pinned the state as about 60 percent LDS, with less than half actually active), but it can seem like the church has outsized influence.

-- Pop culture continues to exert an outsized influence, with names making the hot list thanks to animated heroine Moana, Younger star Sutton Foster, and Blake Lively and Ryan Reynold's infant daughter Ines.

One of the consequences of Britain lacking a functioning opposition is that politics within the Conservative Party have outsized influence.

New York has always had an outsized influence on national politics, and although Democrats are dominant in the state, the current president is very much a product of its political culture, too.

Garry has said that the party will not have an outsized influence over Curran and that he will not be taking a government job.

As a reformer with 30 years of experience in Albany, Scharff criticized the outsized influence that moneyed interests have over the legislative process on nearly every single issue.

We should be here because we care about what happens to New York and what happens to New Yorkers, and we should be prepared to work together as public servants to do that, despite the outsized influence of money, which, because our Republicans continue to stop any notion of campaign finance reform, we continue to deal with.»

The paper cited recent reports by the New York Public Interest Research Group (NYPIRG) and the state's Joint Commission on Public Ethics (JCOPE) as evidence of the outsized influence that Albany lobbyists currently enjoy.

If there is anything recent events have taught us, it's that we need to limit the outsized influence of wealthy corporate donors, who have been able to influence lawmakers by making virtually unlimited campaign contributions to candidates — often without even disclosing their identities.

Curran is relying on the Nassau Democratic Committee to turn out loyal party voters, who typically have outsized influence in low turnout elections.

In building their case, prosecutors have sought to show jurors and the world outside what many inside New York politics have long known: Percoco's outsized influence and bare - knuckled tactics.

«I think 9 percent from one industry is starting to become a significant portion of his overall funds, such that the public might perceive the industry could have an outsized influence,» said Alex Camarda of government watchdog group Reinvent Albany, noting that such contributions are legal.

Reform groups including Citizen Action New York gathered in Albany on Monday to protest the outsized influence of the natural gas industry on the state legislature's approach to hydrofracking, noting that the industry has contributed more than $ 1.3 million to state legislators in an effort to buy support for the controversial practice.

Cuomo cites the costs of specials and the heightened opportunity for party machines to have outsized influence in choosing the eventual winner if specials are called and turnout is even lower than usual.

«Commissioners come and go, and he had an outsized influence.»

«Buoyed by the Citizens United ruling, Independent Expenditure groups have enjoyed an outsized influence on our politics in recent years,» Majority Leader John Flanagan said in a statement.

«We are building a strong grassroots campaign that is primarily funded by the people of the North Country, who clearly want to reduce the outsized influence corporations and special interests have over our elections,» Derrick said in a statement.

But presiding officer Richard Nicolello (R - New Hyde Park) warned Kasschau, a former partner in the Democrat - connected law firm of Harris Beach, that majority Republican legislators were «concerned about an outsized influence over county government by that firm.»