by Joseph E. Stiglitz, Linda Bilmes · Penguin · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780141039442
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«The Three Trillion Dollar War: The True Cost of the Iraq Conflict» is the essay by Joseph E. Stiglitz and Linda J. Bilmes, published by Penguin in paperback (384 pages, in English).
The book analyzes the real cost of the Iraq War beyond its human toll and the initial estimate of $50 billion. Stiglitz and Bilmes expose unaccounted expenses for the American taxpayer, such as the replacement of military equipment or lifetime care for wounded veterans, and calculate the economic effects and global consequences of the conflict.
Joseph E. Stiglitz won the Nobel Prize in Economics in 2001; Linda J. Bilmes is a professor at Harvard University. The edition includes bibliographic references and an index.
For readers interested in economics, recent history, foreign policy and critical analyses of the costs of war.
Joseph Eugene Stiglitz is an American New Keynesian economist, a public policy analyst, political activist, and a professor at Columbia University. He is a recipient of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences (2001) and the John Bates Clark Medal (1979). He is a former senior vice president and chief economist of the World Bank. He is also a former member and chairman of the U.S. Council of Economic Advisers. He is known for his support for the Georgism public finance theory and for his critical view of the management of globalization, of laissez-faire economists, and of international institutions such as the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank.
