When All Else Fails
Government as the Ultimate Risk Manager
Published on 25. October 2004
464 pages
978-0-674-27542-3 (ISBN)
Description
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.
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Edition
Digital original
Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge, Mass
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
US School Grade: College Graduate Student
Edition type
Digital original
ISBN-13
978-0-674-27542-3 (9780674275423)
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06/2002
Harvard University Press
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Content
Cover Title Page Copyright Contents Preface Chapter 1. Introduction Chapter 2. A Primer on Risk and Its History Chapter 3. Limited Liability Chapter 4. Money Chapter 5. Bankruptcy Chapter 6. Workers' Insurance Chapter 7. Social Security Chapter 8. Product Liability Law Chapter 9. Security for All Chapter 10. The Foundations of American Risk Management Policy Epilogue: Risk, Knowledge, and the Veil of Ignorance Notes Acknowledgments Index
