How much is the war on Iraq costing you?
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by David R. Henderson
03/06/07
How much is the U.S. war on Iraq costing you? That depends on who you are. For Iraqis, Americans, or Brits who were killed, it cost them everything. I say it in that order because that is the order in numbers killed. So far, a conservative estimate of the number of Iraqi civilians killed in the war is about 57,000, the number of Americans (including contractors) about 3,800, and the number of Brits 133. And if one were to add in the number of non-civilian Iraqis killed — and one should — the number of civilian and non-civilian Iraqis killed would likely be well over 70,000. Of course, other studies, such as the Lancet study, have found a much larger number of Iraqi deaths, more than 650,000. But I cannot judge such studies without reading them carefully, so I’m giving lower-bound estimates here. But there is another cost to which I can bring my economist’s expertise, namely the cost in federal spending and in higher oil prices to Americans...
http://www.antiwar.com/henderson/?articleid=10623
http://www.antiwar.com/henderson/?articleid=10787
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
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by David R. Henderson
03/06/07
How much is the U.S. war on Iraq costing you? That depends on who you are. For Iraqis, Americans, or Brits who were killed, it cost them everything. I say it in that order because that is the order in numbers killed. So far, a conservative estimate of the number of Iraqi civilians killed in the war is about 57,000, the number of Americans (including contractors) about 3,800, and the number of Brits 133. And if one were to add in the number of non-civilian Iraqis killed — and one should — the number of civilian and non-civilian Iraqis killed would likely be well over 70,000. Of course, other studies, such as the Lancet study, have found a much larger number of Iraqi deaths, more than 650,000. But I cannot judge such studies without reading them carefully, so I’m giving lower-bound estimates here. But there is another cost to which I can bring my economist’s expertise, namely the cost in federal spending and in higher oil prices to Americans...
http://www.antiwar.com/henderson/?articleid=10623
http://www.antiwar.com/henderson/?articleid=10787
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=com%2Fhenderson
rudkla - 6. Mär, 15:27
