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Putting Trust in the US Budget: Federal Trust Funds and the Politics of Commitment - Theories of Institutional Design Patashnik, Eric M. (University of California, Los Angeles)
Putting Trust in the US Budget: Federal Trust Funds and the Politics of Commitment - Theories of Institutional Design
Patashnik, Eric M. (University of California, Los Angeles)
In the United States many important programs, such as Social Security and Medicare, are paid from trust funds. This book provided 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?
246 pages, 17 tables
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | August 17, 2000 |
| ISBN13 | 9780521771740 |
| Publishers | Cambridge University Press |
| Pages | 246 |
| Dimensions | 152 × 229 × 17 mm · 498 g |
| Language | English |