[IP] more on CASUALTY OF WAR: THE U.S. ECONOMY
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From: Barry Ritholtz <ritholtz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: July 21, 2005 6:24:11 AM EDT
To: dave@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [IP] more on CASUALTY OF WAR: THE U.S. ECONOMY
Hey Dave,
My favorite line in the column was this:
"Two years ago, no one expected the war would take this long," said
Steven Kosiak, director of budget studies at the Center for
Strategic and Budgetary Assessments. "On a per-troop basis, this
war has been far more costly than expected, almost double the
estimates.
Um, not true.
In actuality, before the shooting began, several observers made the
preliminary assessment that the war would last longer and cost more
than we were being led to believe at the time.
Recall that IP ran an excerpt of my Pre-War Analysis from March 19,
2003 (Not-So-Hidden Agenda: Strategic and Economic Assessments of
U.S. led Invasion in the Middle East http://bigpicture.typepad.com/
comments/2003/03/notsohidden_age.html)
At the time, we predicted the War in Iraq would last up to 10 years
and cost $1 trillion dollars over that decade. Seems that we were a
lot closer to the the mark than many people expected.
Regards,
Barry L. Ritholtz
Chief Market Strategist
Maxim Group
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