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The Economic Cost of the Iraq War

Scott Wallsten, AEI-Brookings Joint Center

Abstract

Scott Wallsten of the American Enterprise Institute estimates that the true economic costs of the war in Iraq could reach one trillion dollars in the long run, five to ten times the original estimates of President Bush’s advisor Lawrence Lindsey.

Suggested Citation

Scott Wallsten. "The Economic Cost of the Iraq War" The Economists' Voice 3.2 (2009).
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/scott_wallsten/2

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