Stiglitz, Joseph E.

The three trillion dollar war : the true cost of the Iraq conflict / Joseph E. Stiglitz and Linda J. Bilmes. - New York : W.W. Norton, c2008. - xxiii, 357 p. ; 21 cm.

"With a new afterword."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Is it really three trillion? -- The costs to the nation's budget -- The true cost of caring for our veterans -- Costs of war that the government doesn't pay -- The macroeconomic effects of the war -- Global consequences -- Exiting Iraq -- Learning from our mistakes : reforms for the future -- Afterword -- Appendices: President's letter to the Speaker of the House of Representatives on the Emergency Appropriations Act -- Evolving DOD Web sites for Operation Iraqi Freedom -- On methodologies.

9780393334173 (pbk.) 9781846141287

2009290999


Iraq War, 2003-2011--Finance.
War--Economic aspects--United States.
War--Economic aspects--Iraq.

DS79.76 / .S698 2008b

956.7044/31