Economic consequences of the Iraq War
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Prewar economic analysis
William Nordhaus, Professor of Economics at Yale university, provided the most comprehensive prewar analysis of the economic consequences of a war in Iraq. He published a non-technical version of his study in a December 5, 2002 article in the New York Review of Books.
Consequences for Iraqi citizens
- Fatalities
- Non-fatal injuries
- Property destruction
- Foregone GDP
- Environmental costs
Consequences for US citizens
- Fatalities
- Non-fatal injuries
- Budgeted government expenditures
- Foregone GDP
- Elevated oil prices
Other consequences
- Costs of non US coalition partners
- Environmental costs to Iraq's neighbors
