Automatic Government: The Politics of Indexation

by R. Kent Weaver

One of the most dramatic and least studied policy changes of the past twenty years is the increased use of indexing--automatic adjustments for inflation--in federal programs. Currently, programs comprising more than one-third of the federal budget have indexing provisions. The growth of indexing is all the more remarkable since it appears to conflict with the electoral interests of most politicians. Without indexing, legislators can vote for popular...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0815792573
• ISBN13: 9780815792574
• Release Date: July 1988
• Publisher: Brookings Institution Press
• Length: 290 Pages
• Weight: 2.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"