Putting trust in the US budget : federal trust funds and the politics of commitment / Eric M. Patashnik.
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- Federal trust funds and the politics of commitment
- Pension trusts -- United States
- Social security -- United States
- Infrastructure (Economics) -- United States -- Finance
- Budget -- United States
- Régimes de retraite -- États-Unis
- Sécurité sociale -- États-Unis
- Infrastructure (Économie politique) -- États-Unis -- Finances
- Budget -- États-Unis
- BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Public Finance
- Budget
- Infrastructure (Economics) -- Finance
- Pension trusts
- Social security
- United States
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- HD7105.45.U6 P366 2000eb
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-225) and index.
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.
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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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