Economists for Peace and Security

War and famine. Peace and milk. - Somali proverb

Welcome
	Economists for Peace and Security, formerly ECAAR, works to inform social scientists, citizens, journalists and policy-makers worldwide about the full costs of war and conflict, and to propose feasible alternative approaches to building international security.

Costs of the War
Agency Says Higher Casualty Total Was Posted in Error
		Denise Grady in The New York Times
Shooting the Messenger
		Scott Jaschik on Insider Higher Ed News Alert
What $1.2 Trillion Can Buy
		David Leonhardt in The New York Times
SOLDIERS RETURNING FROM IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN: The Long-term Costs of Providing Veterans Medical Care and Disability Benefits
		Linda Bilmes, Harvard University paper presented January 5 at AEA 2007, Chicago. Panel Session1: Out How: The Economics of Ending Wars
The Battle of Iraq's Wounded
		Linda Bilmes in The Los Angeles Times
Study: Number of wounded veterans could cripple VA
		O'Ryan Johnson in The Boston Globe

Stiglitz, Bilmes and the full cost of the Iraq War
		In October 2006 they released an update to that study, finding that the costs have risen even faster than they predicted, and their projection is now firmly on the $2 trillion-plus side. http://www.epsusa.org/StiglitsBilmes10-06.pdf
		Joseph Stiglitz and Linda Bilmes released a paper at an EPS session in January 2006, detailing their study and projection of the costs of the war in Iraq to the US economy. Their prediction at that time was that the total costs (if the US pulls out by 2010) would be between 1.2 and 2 trillion dollars. http://www.epsusa.org/events/aea2006papers/stiglitz.pdf

NewsNotes
		February 2007 Electronic Newsletter

Economics of Peace & Security Journal
		Economics of Peacemaking and Peacekeeping
		New edition online now!

EPS Quarterly - March 2007
The 4th Anniversary of the Iraq War Issue
America's Bleeding 'Cakewalk'
		Cyrus Bina
Letter from the Director
		Thea Harvey
Don't Go Into Iran, George
		Niall Ferguson
The Battle for Iraq's Wounded
		Linda Bilmes
Who Will Pay for This Puny Defense Budget?
		Winslow T. Wheeler
Faslane Statement
		Professor Sir Richard Jolly
The Cost of War to Occupied Countries
		John Tepper Marlin
Falling Prices and Terrorism
		William J. Baumol

Recommended Reading
The Year Bush's Economic Plan Fell off the Wall
		Joseph Stiglitz in Taipei Times
What I've Learned
		Kofi A. Annan in The Washington Post
The Dollar Melts as Iraq Burns
		James K. Galbraith in The Guardian
The End of Ingenuity
		Thomas Homer-Dixon in The New York Times
Trident is a Weapon of Mass Deception
		Mary Riddell in The Observer (UK)
A Complete Fantasy Nuclear deterrence worked during the cold war, but replacing Trident is an expensive nonsense
		Roy Hattersley in The Guardian

Cost of the
War in Iraq

$410,237,336,188

Counter courtesy
National Priorities Project

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