tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8394922.post115056264715892738..comments2024-02-19T00:54:37.767-08:00Comments on The Columnist Manifesto: Are they insane, or just insanely greedy?Oscar Madisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05558650379298098292noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8394922.post-1150740983815687052006-06-19T11:16:00.000-07:002006-06-19T11:16:00.000-07:00Actually, the low end of the Iraq war cost estimat...Actually, the low end of the Iraq war cost estimates was basically zero: Iraqi oil revenues and extracting valuable trace elements from the flower petals showering the troops would pay for the whole shebang. Larry Lindsey got <I>fired</I> for saying it could cost as much as $100-200 billion.<BR/><BR/>There is a counter-Stiglitz literature that tries to put comaparably big price tags on continuation of the previous containment policies, but most of those do something or other terribly wrong (e.g., treating Iraq as the only reason why we'd have any military assets in the region).Tom Bozzohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05853926747746938925noreply@blogger.com