Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. XLVIII

No 40

3-October-2005

IRAQ

Economic Cost Of Iraq War Could Reach $1 Trillion By 2015, Says AEI-Brookings Paper

The economic cost of the war in Iraq so far and the potential costs to 2015 could reach $1 trillion according to a report published in September by the American Enterprise Institute-Brookings Joint Center for Regulatory Studies The Economic Costs of the War in Iraq. On the other side of the coin, the paper says the net present value of avoided costs...