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And once you begin to look through the various categories of cost, you realize that, in fact, $3 trillion is a vast underestimate of the true cost. In our book, we give a range of numbers, three to $5 trillion dollars and we actually, you know, think that the number is almost surely greater than $3 trillion.
1. Jan. 2008 · Linda J. Bilmes, Joseph E. Stiglitz. 3.76. 410 ratings41 reviews. The true cost of the Iraq War is $3 trillion―and counting―rather than the $50 billion projected by the White House. Apart from its tragic human toll, the Iraq War will be staggeringly expensive in financial terms.
5. Sept. 2010 · Washington Post, September 5, 2010. Writing in these pages in early 2008, we put the total cost to the United States of the Iraq war at $3 trillion. This price tag dwarfed previous estimates, including the Bush administration's 2003 projections of a $50 billion to $60 billion war. But today, as the United States ends combat in Iraq, it appears ...
17. Feb. 2008 · The true cost of the Iraq War is $3 trillion—and counting—rather than the $50 billion projected by the White House. Apart from its tragic human toll, the Iraq War will be staggeringly expensive in financial terms.
The $3 Trillion Warwill 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 ...
17. Sept. 2008 · The Three Trillion Dollar War: The True Cost of the Iraq Conflict Paperback – Bargain Price, September 17, 2008 by Linda Bilmes (Author), Joseph Stiglitz (Author) 4.3 4.3 out of 5 stars 74 ratings
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On 19 March 2003 the United States invaded Iraq. The President and his advisors expected a quick, inexpensive conflict. It turned out to be one of the costliest mistakes ever made. This devastating reckoning of the true costs of the war holds them to account. Here renowned economists Joseph Stiglitz and Linda Bilmes expose the gigantic expenses that never made it into official calculations ...
