Putting trust in the US budget :: federal trust funds and the politics of commitment /

In the United States many important programs, such as Social Security and Medicare, are paid from trust funds. This book provides the first comprehensive study of this significant yet little-studied feature of the American welfare state, and also raises a fundamental question of democratic politics:...

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1. Verfasser: Patashnik, Eric M.
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2000.
Schriftenreihe:Theories of institutional design.
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Zusammenfassung:In the United States many important programs, such as Social Security and Medicare, are paid from trust funds. This book provides the first comprehensive study of this significant yet little-studied feature of the American welfare state, and also raises a fundamental question of democratic politics: can current officeholders bind their successors?
Beschreibung:1 online resource (xiv, 231 pages) : illustrations
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-225) and index.
ISBN:0511016786
9780511016783
9780511490842
0511490844
9780511049606
0511049609
0511151756
9780511151750
9786610429493
6610429499
0511172850
9780511172854
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9781280429491

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