I just read this fascinating little piece about how much the war in Iraq costs. In case anyone was wondering, we're quickly approaching $456 billion. Seem like a lot of money? Well, the Boston Globe breaks it down for us:
According to World Bank estimates, $54 billion a year would eliminate starvation and malnutrition globally by 2015, while $30 billion would provide a year of primary education for every child on earth.
At the upper range of those estimates, the $456 billion cost of the war could have fed and educated the world's poor for five and a half years.
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