When All Else Fails: Government as the Ultimate Risk Manager

by David A. Moss

Book Overview

One of the most important functions of government--risk management--is one of the least well understood. Moving beyond the most familiar public functions--spending, taxation, and regulation--When All Else Fails spotlights the government's pivotal role as a risk manager. It reveals, as never before, the nature and extent of this governmental function, which touches almost every aspect of economic life.

In policies as diverse as limited...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674016092
• ISBN13: 9780674016095
• Release Date: October 2004
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 456 Pages
• Weight: 1.48 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.4" x 9.2"