The theory is true, but the politics around it make it hard to adhere to the discipline.
Sheldon Whitehouse: “The theory is true, but the politics around it make it hard to adhere to the discipline.”
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Whitehouse highlights the difficulty of applying theoretical budget discipline in political practice.
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