Bøker av David A. Moss

Historian David Moss adapts the case study method made famous by Harvard Business School to revitalize our conversations about governance and democracy and show how the United States has often thrived on political conflict. These 19 cases ask us to weigh choices and consequences, wrestle with momentous decisions, and come to our own conclusions.

Understanding the Ground Rules for the Global EconomyIn this revised and updated edition of A Concise Guide to Macroeconomics, David A. Moss draws on his years of teaching at Harvard Business School to explain important macro concepts using clear and engaging language.This guidebook covers the essentials of macroeconomics and examines, in a simple and intuitive way, the core ideas of output, money, and expectations. Early chapters leave you with an understanding of everything from fiscal policy and central banking to business cycles and international trade. Later chapters provide a brief monetary history of the United States as well as the basics of macroeconomic accounting. Youll learn why countries trade, why exchange rates move, and what makes an economy grow.Mosss detailed examples will arm you with a clear picture of how the economy works and how key variables impact business and will equip you to anticipate and respond to major macroeconomic events, such as a sudden depreciation of the real exchange rate or a steep hike in the federal funds rate.Read this book from start to finish for a complete overview of macroeconomics, or use it as a reference when youre confronted with specific challenges, like the need to make sense of monetary policy or to read a balance of payments statement. Either way, youll come away with a broad understanding of the subject and its key pieces, and youll be empowered to make smarter business decisions.

Socializing Security examines the early movement for worker-security legislation in the U.S. The author focuses on a group of academic economists who became leading proponents of social insurance and protective labor legislation during the first decades of the 20th century and founded the American Association for Labor Legislation (AALL).

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.