Cost Of War

Published 14 months ago

http://www.good.is/ In 2003 Donald Rumsfeld estimated a war with Iraq would cost $60 billion. Five years later, the cost of Iraq war operations is over 10 times that figure. So what's behind the ballooning dollar signs? Joseph E. Stiglitz and... more

http://www.good.is/ In 2003 Donald Rumsfeld estimated a war with Iraq would cost $60 billion. Five years later, the cost of Iraq war operations is over 10 times that figure. So what's behind the ballooning dollar signs? Joseph E. Stiglitz and Linda J. Bilme's exhaustedly researched book, "The Three Trillion Dollar War: The True Cost of the Iraq Conflict," breaks down the price tag, from current debts to the unseen costs we'll pay for years to come. Additional resources: The Three Trillion Dollar War: The True Cost of the Iraq Conflict http://threetrilliondollarwar.org/ War At Any Price? The Total Economic Costs of the War Beyond the Federal Budget. By the Joint Economic Committeehttp://jec.senate.gov/index.cfm?FuseAction=Reports.Reports&ContentRecord_id=c6616188-7e9c-9af9-716c-d2ecbc191d33&Region_id=&Issue_id= Thanks to the authors, and W. W. Norton for permission to use the research conducted for the book. less

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