Epstein Secrets

oil, gave away fortunes, created a new class of rich (merrily referred to as the Boligarchy), built mi

ussed than the ongoing costs of the war are the opportunity costs -- the many things we might have spent that money on instead. In 2010, Bilmes and Stiglitz wrote that not only was their $3 trillion estimate of the war's cost too low, but so was their estimation of the opportunity costs: The Iraq war did

N ew iod ic gi mes October 3, 2012 Why Let the Rich Hoard All the Toys? By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF Imag

It's a searing read. "We are paying a high price for our inequality — an economic system that is less stable and less efficient, with less growth," Stiglitz warns. EFTA00619418 The problem is not that the rich are venal or immoral, and I buy into the Chinese mantra of the reform era: "To get rich is g

ation. They contend that Epstein — friend of the rich and famous and financial pa- tron of Democratic

ttention span, he woukl notice a few things. The CI3O, using that 2015 date, estimated the full cost at $500 bil- lion. Why a discrepancy with ME Stiglitz and Ms. Bilmes? The CBO didn't include the lifetime health care and disability payments for returning veterans, replacement of military hardware