The National Journal has an interesting take on the killing of bin Laden. Tim Fernholz and Jim Tankersley try to calculate how much in dollars and cents bin Laden has costus. They estimate $3 trillion over 15 years.
They then compare the cost of the war on terrorism and to other conflagrations and the Oklahoma bombing of Timothy Mc Veigh. Finally, our 'regular' wars yielded economic benefits, the war on terror has yielded none. This chart, which I've had to blow up so that you can read the numbers (albeit with difficulty), summarizes the article.
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