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- The Staggering Economic Costs of the Syrian Civil War https://erikmeyersson.com/2015/07/01/the-staggering-economic-costs-of-the-syrian-civil-war/ 5 comments economy
- Civil war costs Yemen $14 billion in damage and economic losses - report http://www.reuters.com/article/us-yemen-security-damages-iduskcn10r2b7 3 comments worldnews
- Civil war costs Yemen $14 billion in damage and economic losses: report http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-yemen-security-damages-idukkcn10r2bj 4 comments worldnews
- We Have Yet to See the Full Economic Costs of War With Russia https://nationalinterest.org/feature/we-have-yet-see-full-economic-costs-war-russia-201191?page=0%2C1 8 comments europe
- After 9/11: The Staggering Economic and Human Cost of the War on Terror https://www.commondreams.org/views/2018/09/11/after-911-staggering-economic-and-human-cost-war-terror 4 comments politics
- Cost of Afghanistan War: Timeline, Economic Impact - The Afghanistan War is a military conflict that began in 2001 and has cost $1.07 trillion https://www.thebalance.com/cost-of-afghanistan-war-timeline-economic-impact-4122493 7 comments economy
- The spiraling cost of war means growing economic pain for Russia https://www.cnn.com/2023/08/28/economy/russia-military-spending-economic-impact/index.html 35 comments worldnews
- War will cost Russia 15 years of economic gains; UN says 'global cost-of-living crisis' worsening https://news.yahoo.com/elite-russian-regiment-routed-ukraine-125807501.html?fr=sycsrp_catchall 318 comments worldnews
- How Much Will the Trade War Cost You by the End of the Year? About $460 for the average family, according to a new economic analysis. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/business/economy/trade-war-costs.html 158 comments politics
- Economic costs of Middle East wars exceptionally high: IMF study http://www.reuters.com/article/us-imf-conflicts-iduskcn11m1rr 3 comments politics
- Economics of Cocaine: Continuing "War on Drugs" will Only Cost Taxpayers Dearly And Make Drug Trafficking More Profitable. http://www.alternet.org/drugreporter/65679/?page=entire 116 comments politics
- Russia Fast-Tracks Economic Fixes as War Costs Bite https://www.newsweek.com/russia-central-bank-inflation-1965544 14 comments worldnews
- Russia Fast-Tracks Economic Fixes as War Costs Bite https://www.newsweek.com/russia-central-bank-inflation-1965544 7 comments europe
- Russia Fast-Tracks Economic Fixes as War Costs Bite https://www.newsweek.com/russia-central-bank-inflation-1965544 11 comments economics
- Why Russia's Ukraine War costs now far exceed any potential economic or political benefits https://www.19fortyfive.com/2022/06/the-ukraine-war-is-bleeding-russia-dry/ 3 comments economy
- Economic Anxiety Might Cost Trump Reelection | The president can scarcely afford to continue the trade war, but he can scarcely afford to end it either. https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/08/trumps-economic-anxiety/596404/ 16 comments politics
- War could cost Syria nearly £1tn in lost economic growth by 2020.“The costs of the conflict are staggering. Unless we act now, this war won’t just affect a generation of children, but their children’s children.” http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2016/mar/08/war-could-cost-syria-nearly-1tn-in-lost-economic-growth-by-2020-study-warns 3 comments worldnews
- War costs the U.S. more than smoking or obesity: "In the U.S., armed conflict ranks as having the highest economic impact, due mostly to America's substantial spending on the military." http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2014/11/24/war-costs-the-u-s-more-than-smoking-or-obesity/ 28 comments politics
- Russia and the West are now firmly locked in a war of economic attrition, the most likely result is a lasting political deadlock until the costs experienced by both sides provide incentives to normalise relations. http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2014/11/11/russia-and-the-west-are-now-firmly-locked-in-a-war-of-economic-attrition/ 7 comments europe
- Congressional Report: Iraq-Afghanistan Wars Costs the US $1.6 Trillion: "Future economic costs would be even greater ..both wars would cost $3.5 trillion between 2003 and 2017" http://www.newsandpolicy.com/news/2007/11/congressional-report-iraqafghanistan-wars-costs-th.html 2 comments reddit.com
- The Brutal Economics of Reaching Net Zero | Ramping down global emissions is achievable in terms of cost. But until the US and other rich countries assume a war footing, we don’t stand a chance of meeting critical climate goals. https://www.bloomberg.com/features/2024-net-zero-brutal-economics/?accessToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzb3VyY2UiOiJTdWJzY3JpYmVyR2lmdGVkQXJ0aWNsZSIsImlhdCI6MTcyNTQ2NDExNywiZXhwIjoxNzI2MDY4OTE3LCJhcnRpY2xlSWQiOiJTSkE5NFlEV1JHRzAwMCIsImJjb25uZWN0SWQiOiI0MUY5QjVDMTE1RTQ0NDhEQjNGMTU3MDUxMzlBMUVBMyJ9.cFfpnqvonj7EFYdNyE189PG13cd74GYvsIDYchcuMrs 6 comments climate
- That's actually pretty smart. War is peace at any cost but that's dumb, you can aim at each other heads till you get what you want or you can realise that the thing everyone wants is negotiable leading to everyone happy and an economic growth. Peace at the right cost. https://youtu.be/hdQcGzbpN7s 8 comments philosophy
- New research shows the economic and climate costs of Trump’s auto rollback: The administration's war with California could cost the U.S. economy $400 billion by mid-century. https://thinkprogress.org/energy-innovation-cars-emissions-rollback-trump-california-canada-study/ 7 comments politics
- What US Economic Measures Can Be Expected If Trump Is Reelected? "...trade wars and tax cuts. He's gonna say that's putting money in Americans' pockets. But what it's really going to be doing is just adding to our debt, increasing the cost of borrowing and increasing the cost to consumers" https://www.enca.com/opinion/what-us-economic-measures-can-be-expected-if-trump-reelected 61 comments economy
- The Arab Spring and following events including war, the refugee crisis, and an economic downturn in some nations has cost affected countries more than $830 billion (£550 billion) http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/arab-spring-cost-affected-countries-830-billion-report-claims-a6774421.html 5 comments worldnews
- "When wars are paid through taxes, war support decreases by around 15% because individuals are directly impacted by the economic costs of war" - the Peace Science Digest https://peacesciencedigest.org/war-finance-methods-and-public-support-for-war/ 6 comments economy
- Germany: Economy grows in second quarter despite Ukraine war | The German statistics office also reports the deficit was down in the first six months of the year. The economic developments were more positive than expected given inflationary pressures and high energy costs. https://www.dw.com/en/germany-economy-grows-in-second-quarter-despite-ukraine-war/a-62920092 10 comments worldnews
- If not for the Bush tax cuts that Congress did not pay for, the cost of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and the effects of the worst economic slump since the Great Depression, we would not be facing these huge deficits in the near term. http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3036 6 comments politics
- US: Each US soldier in Afghan. costs taxpayers over $1 million per year. The U.S. recession is deeply connected to military spending, yet most Americans tolerate the economic destruction of their nation because they believe the myth that endless war in the Middle East protects them from terrorism. http://www.activistpost.com/2011/04/million-dollar-men-american-soldiers-in.html 3 comments reddit.com
- China's new environment law submitted to parliament... will give legal backing to Beijing's newly declared war on pollution and formalise a pledge made last year to abandon a decades-old growth-at-all-costs economic model that has spoiled much of China's water, skies and soil. http://reuters.com/article/idusl3n0ne0tc20140422?irpc=932 119 comments worldnews
- Is a U.S. Default Inevitable? As Bush prepared to invade Iraq, the head of his economic policy council publicly estimated such a war could cost $100 billion to $200 billion. Stunned Bushites came down on him with both feet. And the cost of the Iraq War? It has passed $1 trillion. http://www.cnsnews.com/commentary/article/pat-buchanan-us-default-inevitable 43 comments politics
- The base protocol is important, but it will NOT be decided through meaningless debate. It can only be decided through economics of the marketplace. The blocksize debate cost us 3 years of development, we cannot let BCH fork trolling cost us another 3 years. The protocol wars must come to an end. https://medium.com/@guyfawkesfp/protocol-wars-a-battle-with-no-winner-45a2249d2a76 6 comments btc