Putting trust in the US budget : federal trust funds and the politics of commitment / Eric M. Patashnik.

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Patashnik, Eric M

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Theories of institutional designPublication details: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2000.Description: 1 online resource (xiv, 231 pages) : illustrationsContent type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

0511016786
9780511016783
9780511490842
0511490844
9780511049606
0511049609
0511151756
9780511151750
9786610429493
6610429499
0511172850
9780511172854
1280429496
9781280429491

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Federal trust funds and the politics of commitment

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Putting trust in the US budget.DDC classification:

336.73 21

LOC classification:

HD7105.45.U6 P366 2000eb

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Contents:

Introduction: trust funds and the politics of commitment -- Political transaction costs, feedback effects, and policy credibility -- Trust fund taxes vs. general fund taxes -- Social security -- Medicare -- Highways -- Airports -- Superfund -- Barriers to trust fund adoption: the failed cases of energy security and lead abatement -- Conclusions: The structure and normative challenge of promise-keeping.

Summary: 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?

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-225) and index.

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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?

English.

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