When All Else Fails - Government As the Ultimate Risk Manager

One of the most important functions of government¿risk management¿is one of the least well understood. Moving beyond familiar public functions¿spending, taxation, and regulation¿Moss spotlights government's pivotal role as a risk manager, revealing the nature and extent of this function, which touches almost every aspect of economic life.

About the author

David A. Moss is the Paul Whiton Cherington Professor at Harvard Business School and the founder of the Tobin Project, a nonprofit research organization that has received the MacArthur Award for Creative and Effective Institutions. He has received the Student Association Faculty Award for outstanding teaching at the Harvard Business School eight times. Democracy: A Case Study grew out of a course he created for Harvard undergraduates and business school students that has been taught to the United States Congress and to state congresses and that is now being brought to high schools throughout America as part of the High School Case Method Project, which Professor Moss oversees at Harvard Business School.

Summary

One of the most important functions of government—risk management—is one of the least well understood. Moving beyond familiar public functions—spending, taxation, and regulation—Moss spotlights government's pivotal role as a risk manager, revealing the nature and extent of this function, which touches almost every aspect of economic life.

Product details

• Authors: David A Moss, David A. Moss, Moss David A.
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.10.2004
• EAN: 9780674016095
• ISBN: 978-0-674-01609-5
• No. of pages: 464
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 235 mm x 28 mm
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; USA, Politik und Staat, POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Economic Policy, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / Microeconomics, Politics / Current Events, POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / National, United States of America, USA, Central / national / federal government policies, Microeconomics, Central government policies