War on Terror’s Economic and Mortality Costs Have Yet to Be Tallied

“Misallocation of resources, destruction of vast amounts of equipment and, of course, the ongoing costs of tending to the many veterans who have returned with significant physical and psychological damage are certainly bound to be factors that must prey on Western and especially US economies. This doesn’t include the costs of the US’s internal militarization and authoritarian centralization. The damage to startups and entrepreneurial ventures is probably significant as well, as the US seems to head more and more toward a war footing. The immense and yet little-understood costs of the war on terror ought to be considered by judicious analysts and investors.”

http://www.thedailybell.com/news-analysis/36201/War-on-Terrors-Economic-and-Mortality-Costs-Have-Yet-to-Be-Tallied/