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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Main Author: Patashnik, Eric M.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2000.
Series:Theories of institutional design.
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Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central