David Moss is the Paul Whiton Cherington Professor at Harvard Business School, where he teaches in the Business, Government, and the International Economy (BGIE) unit. Prior to joining the Harvard Business School faculty in 1993, he served as a senior economist at Abt Associates. Moss is the author of numerous books, articles, and case studies, mainly on the history of economic policy and democratic governance in the United States. His most notable books include When All Else Fails: Government as the Ultimate Risk Manager and Democracy: A Case Study. A member of both the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the National Academy of Social Insurance, he is the recipient of many honors, including the Student Association Faculty Award for outstanding teaching at Harvard Business School (twelve times) and the American Risk and Insurance Association's Annual Kulp-Wright Book Award for the "most influential text published on the economics of risk management and insurance." Moss is also the founder and president of two nonprofit organizations, the Tobin Project (itself a recipient of the MacArthur Award for Creative and Effective Institutions) and the Case Method Institute for Education and Democracy.