Preferences, Promises, and the Politics of Entitlement

Paul M. Romer, Individual and Social Responsibility: Child Care, Education, Medical Care, and Long-Term Care in America (University of Chicago Press, 1996), chap. 7, https://www.nber.org/books-and-chapters/individual-and-social-responsibility-child-care-education-medical-care-and-long-term-care-america/preferences-promises-and-politics-entitlement.