Putting trust in the US budget : federal trust funds and the politics of commitment /

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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:...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Patashnik, Eric M.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2000.
Colección:Theories of institutional design.
Temas:
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.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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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