Uncovering the Costs of the Iraq War

Fred Foldvary

Econ Journal Watch, 2008, vol. 5, issue 3, 373-379

Abstract: Fred Foldvary reviews the recent book by Joseph Stiglitz and Linda Bilmes, The Three Trillion Dollar War: The True Cost of the Iraq Conflict. Foldvary commends the book for its assembly of both the budgeted and implicit costs of the war, and its analysis of the economic impact of the war. The review posits that the better knowledge and accounting of the war costs as provided by this work will aid in establishing a more coherent dialog on policy for dealing with this and future conflicts abroad.

Keywords: war; Iraq; federal deficit; governmental accounting; governmental expenditures (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: H5 N4 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2008
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