The Three Trillion Dollar War: The True Cost of the Iraq Conflict

Linda J. Bilmes; Joseph E. Stiglitz

ISBN 10: 0393067017 / ISBN 13: 9780393067019

Edité par W. W. Norton & Company, 2008

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Synopsis :

The Three Trillion Dollar War Apart from its tragic human toll, the Iraq War will be staggeringly expensive in financial terms. This sobering study casts a spotlight on expenses that have been hidden from the U.S. taxpayer and measures what this money would have produced if it had been invested in the economy. Full description

Présentation de l'éditeur: THE THREE TRILLION DOLLAR WAR will be a devastating reckoning of the true cost of the Iraq war - quite apart from its tragic human toll - which the Bush administration has estimated at $50 billion, but which Stiglitz and Bilmes will show underestimates the real figure by approximately six times. The authors expose the gigantic expenses which have so far not been officially accounted for, including not only big ticket items like replacing military equipment (being used up at six times the peacetime rate) but also the cost of caring for thousands of wounded veterans - for the rest of their lives. Shifting to a global perspective, the authors investigate the cost in lives and damage within Iraq and the Middle East generally. With chilling precision, they calculate what the money spent on the war would have produced had it been further invested in the growth of the economy, in the US and around the world, and in infrastructure building. Stiglitz and Bilmes write in simple language, which makes the details they present, and the sums they add up, all the more disturbing. This book will change forever the way we think about the Iraq war - and about the cost of war generally.

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Titre : The Three Trillion Dollar War: The True Cost...
Éditeur : W. W. Norton & Company
Date d'édition : 2008
Reliure : Hardcover
Etat : Very Good
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