The Trillion Dollar War

"The War Is Bad for the Economy"

Nobel Prize winning economist Joseph Stiglitz, 63, discusses the true $1 trillion cost of the Iraq conflict, its impact on the oil market and the questions of whether the West can afford to impose sanctions on Iran.

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One trillion dollars is a big number. But what does it really equate to? Try this:

$1 trillion = $1 billion x 1,000 = $1 million x 1,000,000 = $1,000 x 1,000,000,000

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