War at Any Cost? The Total Economic Cost of the War Beyond the Federal Budget
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Thursday February 28th, 2008
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| Opening Statements: | Chairman Schumer's Opening Statement |
| Congresswoman Maloney's Opening Statement |
| Witnesses: | Joseph Stiglitz, Columbia University, Nobel Laureate |
| Robert Hormats, Vice Chairman, Goldman Sachs (International) |
| Rand Beers, President, National Security Network |
| Scott Wallsten, Vice President for Research and Senior Fellow at iGrowthGlobal |
| Charts and Graphs | The Administration Wants To spend $435 Million On Iraq Every Day, Each Year That Money Could Be Used To: |
| Federal Spending on Iraq War vs. Other Priorities |
| Costs Incurred and Requested for the War In Iraq (2003-2008) |
| Costs Incurred and Requested for the War In Iraq (2003-2019) |
| Federal Spending on Iraq Continues to Skyrocket Spending on Afghanistan Flatlines |
| Location: | 106 Dirksen Senate Office Building |
| Time: | 9:30 AM |
| Press Advisory: |
WITH FIVE YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF IRAQ WAR NEARING, JOINT ECONOMIC COMMITTEE TO EXAMINE THE INCREASINGLY HIGH COSTS OF WAR
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| Additional Resources: | Watch the Hearing |
| Read The JEC Report, "War an Any Price? the Total Economic Costs of the War Beyond the Federal Budget" |
Link to Vanity Fair's excerpt of Stiglitz' book "The $3 Trillion War"
Link to Democracy Now's interview of Stiglitz
Link to Times of London article by Stiglitz
Link to FDL Book Salon interview of co-author Linda Bilmes
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