How $3 trillion war caused America's economic crisis

On Radio National's Background Briefing, Nobel prize winning economist Joseph Stiglitz, and co-author Linda Bilmes, argue the Iraq war has led directly to America's current economic crisis. They describe how they came to the figure of three trillion dollars, and how difficult such an estimate is to achieve in the face of the Pentagon's accounting procedures. Sunday 30th March 9.10am, Tuesday 1st April 7.05pm, Wednesday 2nd April 4.05am