false 2590869 2 <B>The true cost of the Iraq War is $3 trillion&#151;and counting&#151;rather than the $50 billion projected by the White House.</B><BR><BR>Apart from its tragic human toll, the Iraq War will be staggeringly expensive in financial terms. This sobering study by Nobel Prize winner Joseph E. Stiglitz and Harvard professor Linda J. Bilmes casts a spotlight on expense items that have been hidden from the U.S. taxpayer, 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&#151;for the rest of their lives. Shifting to a global focus, the authors investigate the cost in lives and economic damage within Iraq and the region. Finally, with the chilling precision of an actuary, the authors measure what the U.S. taxpayer's money would have produced if instead it had been invested in the further growth of the U.S. economy. Written in language as simple as the details are disturbing, this book will forever change the way we think about the war. 2610610 3 3 2008 The Three Trillion Dollar War: The True Cost of the Iraq Conflict total:64|5:11|4:30|3:16|2:6|1:1| 64 236 177 15 3 0 false false Fri Dec 26 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Dec 25 19:41:34 -0800 2008 Thu Dec 25 19:41:52 -0800 2008
Apart from its tragic human toll, the Iraq War will be staggeringly expensive in financial terms. This sobering study by Nobel Prize winner Joseph E. Stiglitz and Harvar...more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Aug 13 14:56:31 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 13 14:57:45 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Jan 21 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 14 00:30:51 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 20 07:19:37 -0800 2009
lots of numbers and explanations. you can grasp most of the information by jus...more...]]> 0 1 false false Tue May 13 13:09:26 -0700 2008 Tue May 13 13:10:10 -0700 2008 4 0 false false Thu Oct 30 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Nov 01 13:21:36 -0700 2008 Sat Nov 01 13:54:21 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Jan 02 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Dec 21 19:25:54 -0800 2008 Tue Jan 06 18:21:53 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 06 09:55:05 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 06 09:59:45 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Nov 30 18:14:02 -0800 2008 Sun Nov 30 18:14:36 -0800 2008 3 0 false false Wed Oct 21 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 14 21:49:53 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 21 18:27:30 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Jul 15 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Aug 06 12:58:04 -0700 2008 Wed Aug 06 13:07:04 -0700 2008 Instead we'll be paying their pensions. but I digress. The book is organized so that you can get the picture in the fi...more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Apr 28 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Apr 28 17:00:54 -0700 2008 Mon Apr 28 17:03:24 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Mar 25 11:38:10 -0700 2008 Tue Mar 25 11:42:02 -0700 2008
My only complaint is that it felt like some of the chapt...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Mar 30 10:10:09 -0700 2008 Sun Mar 30 10:11:50 -0700 2008
This book can not quantify the lifes lost and other greatly affected by the war. ]]> 3 0 false false Wed Jul 16 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Apr 06 13:53:41 -0700 2008 Fri Aug 01 11:23:55 -0700 2008
too depressing to finish.]]> 5 0 false false Mon Jul 06 06:13:01 -0700 2009 Tue May 12 09:59:59 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 06 06:13:01 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Tue Nov 24 20:53:39 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 24 20:53:39 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Sun Nov 22 15:38:40 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 22 15:38:40 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Sun Nov 08 23:38:09 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 08 23:38:09 -0800 2009 5 0 false false Fri Nov 06 08:49:50 -0800 2009 Fri Nov 06 08:49:50 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Sat Sep 26 18:03:30 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 26 18:03:30 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=2590869