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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Patashnik, Eric M.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2000.
Series:Theories of institutional design.
Subjects:
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.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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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