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- 15 Jun 2007
- Research & Ideas
Remembering Alfred Chandler
knows how fitting, how proper, was his choice of that word. David A. Moss David A. Moss is the John G. McLean Professor of Business... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 2024
- Book
When Democracy Breaks: Studies in Democratic Erosion and Collapse, from Ancient Athens to the Present Day
By: Archon Fung, David Moss and Odd Arne Westad
Democracy is often described in two opposite ways, as either wonderfully resilient or dangerously fragile. Curiously, both characterizations can be correct, depending on the context. When Democracy Breaks aims to deepen our understanding of what separates democratic... View Details
Fung, Archon, David Moss, and Odd Arne Westad, eds. When Democracy Breaks: Studies in Democratic Erosion and Collapse, from Ancient Athens to the Present Day. Oxford University Press, 2024.
- 2010
- Working Paper
Reversing the Null: Regulation, Deregulation, and the Power of Ideas
By: David Moss
It has been said that deregulation was an important source of the recent financial crisis. It may be more accurate, however, to say that a deregulatory mindset was an important source of the crisis—a mindset that, to a very significant extent, grew out of profound... View Details
Keywords: Financial Crisis; Financial Markets; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Government and Politics; Failure; Business and Government Relations; Financial Services Industry; United States
Moss, David. "Reversing the Null: Regulation, Deregulation, and the Power of Ideas." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 10-080, October 2010.
- 2010
- Chapter
The Peculiar Politics of American Disaster Policy: How Television Has Changed Federal Relief
By: David Moss
Particularly since the 1960s, the federal government has played a significant role in financing disaster losses in the United States. The federal government may thus be thought of as providing an implicit form of public disaster insurance. However, unlike many... View Details
- Teaching Interest
United States in the World 39 - History of American Democracy
By: David A. Moss
For Harvard College undergraduates and MBA students
Today we often hear that American democracy is broken - but what does a healthy democracy look like? How has American democratic governance functioned in the past, and how has it changed... View Details
- 1997
- Chapter
The Deutsche Bank
By: David A. Moss
Moss, David A. "The Deutsche Bank." In Creating Modern Capitalism: How Entrepreneurs, Companies, and Countries Triumphed in Three Industrial Revolutions, edited by Thomas K. McCraw. Harvard University Press, 1997.
- February 2001
- Teaching Note
French Pension System, The: On the Verge of Retirement? & (Abridged)
By: David A. Moss
Teaching Note for (9-798-032) and (9-799-143). View Details
- August 1996 (Revised January 1998)
- Teaching Note
Deutsche Bank, The TN
By: David A. Moss
Teaching Note for (1-796-106). View Details
- April 1996
- Case
Confronting the Third Industrial Revolution
By: David A. Moss
Comprises three pieces. The first piece, which forms the body of the case, is adapted from a speech delivered by the author before the Harvard Business School Political Forum in early 1995. Originally entitled "The Economic Foundations of American Social Policy:... View Details
Moss, David A. "Confronting the Third Industrial Revolution." Harvard Business School Case 796-161, April 1996.
- 1998
- Working Paper
Limited Liability and the Birth of American Industry: Theory Meets History
By: David A. Moss
- February 2016
- Case
Banking and Politics in Antebellum New York
By: David Moss and Colin Donovan
After a long period of solid Democratic control, Whigs secured a majority of seats in the New York State Assembly in 1837, the same year that a major financial panic had crippled the banking system and shaken public confidence in the state's governance. The next year,... View Details
- February 2016 (Revised July 2017)
- Case
Leadership and Independence at the Federal Reserve
By: David Moss and Marc Campasano
“From the Great Depression, to the stagflation of the seventies, to the current economic crisis caused by the housing bubble, every economic downturn suffered by this country over the past century can be traced to Federal Reserve policy.” Ron Paul, a Republican from... View Details
Keywords: Government Legislation; Central Banking; Policy; Financial Crisis; Business and Government Relations; Banking Industry; Public Administration Industry; United States
Moss, David, and Marc Campasano. "Leadership and Independence at the Federal Reserve." Harvard Business School Case 716-040, February 2016. (Revised July 2017.)
- 2013
- Other Unpublished Work
A Nation Divided: The United States and the Challenge of Secession
By: David Moss and Marc Campasano
- 2009
- Other Unpublished Work
Financing Higher Education in Australia
By: David Moss and Stephanie Lo
Even before Australian lawmakers abolished university tuition in 1973, students in Australia had long benefited from low tuition and large government subsidies. By the early 1980s, however, the nation's universities faced growing budget challenges and an apparent... View Details
- September 2002
- Case
World Trade Organization, The
By: David A. Moss and Nick Bartlett
Explores the origins and workings of the World Trade Organization (WTO), focusing particular attention on the special challenges of trade liberalization at the dawn of the 21st century. View Details
Moss, David A., and Nick Bartlett. "World Trade Organization, The." Harvard Business School Case 703-015, September 2002.
- 2004
- Working Paper
Regulation and Reaction: The Other Side of Free Banking in Antebellum New York
By: David A. Moss and Sarah Brennan
Free banking, which first appeared in the United States in the late 1830s, comprised two essential features: general incorporation for banks and rigorous security requirements for note issue. Because the general incorporation feature is what allowed free entry, it has... View Details
- June 23, 2003
- Article
Economic Theory on Media Markets is Flawed
By: David A. Moss and Michael Fein
Moss, David A., and Michael Fein. "Economic Theory on Media Markets is Flawed." Financial Times (June 23, 2003), p. 13.
- 2013
- Other Unpublished Work
'The Only Legitimate Fountain of Power': Initiatives, Courts, and Same-Sex Marriage in California
By: Timothy Lambert, David Moss and Sabeel Rahman