Economic Costs of the War in Iraq--a study in what happens when you change assumptions in critical thinking

1. NY Times article, 1/17/07: David Leonhardt, "What 1.2 Trillion Can Buy": (available through Lexis/Nexis database at Dacus) or you can download the Word file by clicking here. You can also access it on the Times website at http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/17/business/17leonhardt.html with live links to a lot of supplemental material.

(and of course Stephen Colbert's interview of Leonhardt: http://www.comedycentral.com/motherload/player.jhtml?ml_video=81501&ml_collection=&ml_gateway=&ml_gateway_id=&ml_comedian=&ml_runtime=&ml_context=show&ml_origin_url=/motherload/index.jhtml?ml_video=81501&ml_playlist=&lnk=&is_large=true )

2. Graphic accompanying NYTimes article: http://www.nytimes.com/imagepages/2007/01/17/business/20070117_LEONHARDT_GRAPHIC.html

3. Lawrence B. Lindsay, "What Iraq Will Cost the U.S.," Fortune 11 January 2008, http://money.cnn.com/2008/01/10/news/economy/costofwar.fortune/?postversion=2008011103

3. Wallsten & Kosec's Brookings Institution study: http://www.aei-brookings.org/publications/abstract.php?pid=988

4. Bilmes' & Stiglitz's study in response to Wallsten and Kosec: http://www.milkeninstitute.org/publications/review/2006_12/76_83mr32.pdf

5. Bilmes' update on cost of health care for returning veterans: http://ksgnotes1.harvard.edu/Research/wpaper.nsf/RWP/RWP07-001

6. William D. Nordhaus' initial article on why governments underestimate the cost of war: http://nordhaus.econ.yale.edu/AAAS_War_Iraq_2.pdf