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It does make sense to properly fund wars, though in worst case situations (WW2?) you need the ability to massively borrow. The irony of Iraq is there are emine
by mathattack 13y ago
It does make sense to properly fund wars, though in worst case situations (WW2?) you need the ability to massively borrow.
The irony of Iraq is there are eminent economists who thought it was worth it.
http://www.nber.org/papers/w12092 http://www.nber.org/papers/w12092
- ck2 13y agoYeah they have weekly car bombs now killing all sorts of innocents, totally worth it.
- devx 13y agoBut they are not exceptional Americans, so who cares, right? If 1,000 "others" have to die, in order to save an American's life, then it's all worth it.
- mathattack 13y agoThat's why it's listed as irony. Even great minds have "Whoops" moments.