of war that the government doesn't pay -- The macroeconomic effects of the war -- Global consequences -- Exiting Iraq …

Three years ago, as America was preparing to go to war in Iraq, there were few discussions of the likely costs. When … the country. Lindsey went on to say that "The successful prosecution of the war would be good for the economy." Many … aspects of the Iraq venture have turned out differently from what was purported before the war: there were no weapons of mass …

This paper attempts to provide a more complete reckoning of the costs of the Iraq War, using standard economic and … underestimate the War's true costs. We estimate a range of present and future costs, by including expenditures not in the $500bn CBO … the war on the overall performance of the economy. Even taking a conservative approach and assuming all US troops return …