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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:...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2000.
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| Colección: | Theories of institutional design.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | 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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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xiv, 231 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-225) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0511016786 9780511016783 9780511490842 0511490844 9780511049606 0511049609 0511151756 9780511151750 9786610429493 6610429499 0511172850 9780511172854 1280429496 9781280429491 |