http://www.inveslogic.com/tags/iraq Blog Articles Tagged with 'iraq' at http://www.inveslogic.com en http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/wsj-environmental-capital/1142647?rsstype=tag&tag=iraq Could falling oil prices end up ballooning America s Iraqi-aid budget? Oil s flowing, if not all the expected revenue (AP)Iraqi budget officials, whove spent weeks trying to figure out what oil will cost in 2009, finally decided to split the dif... Mon, 03 Nov 2008 16:40:09 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/wsj-environmental-capital/1142647?rsstype=tag&tag=iraq http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/wsj-environmental-capital/1135675?rsstype=tag&tag=iraq In the final presidential debate, John McCain and Barack Obama didnt agree on much, other than a sudden fixation on Joe the Plumber. Senators Barack Obama and John McCain (AP)One area of agreement? Curbing Americas oil addiction. The big downside? Bo... Thu, 16 Oct 2008 17:38:26 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/wsj-environmental-capital/1135675?rsstype=tag&tag=iraq http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/wsj-environmental-capital/1134644?rsstype=tag&tag=iraq More than five years after the war began, Iraq is finally opening up its oil sector to foreign companies in a bid to get production back toand eventually abovepre-war levels. What does Iraqs new oil deal mean? Could use a hand (AP)From an oil supply ... Tue, 14 Oct 2008 16:45:39 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/wsj-environmental-capital/1134644?rsstype=tag&tag=iraq http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/economists-view/1124775?rsstype=tag&tag=iraq New evidence suggests that ethnic cleansing by rival Shiites may have been largely responsible for the decrease in violence for which the U.S. military has claimed credit :UCLA study of satellite imagery casts doubt on surge's success in Baghdad, Eu... Fri, 19 Sep 2008 01:34:45 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/economists-view/1124775?rsstype=tag&tag=iraq http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/economists-view/1119729?rsstype=tag&tag=iraq I don't think we will know if the war in Iraq was a success or not until many years, decades even, after we are gone. If, for example, a few years after we leave, Iraq breaks down terribly and alliances that are very much against our geopolitical int... Sun, 07 Sep 2008 03:33:00 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/economists-view/1119729?rsstype=tag&tag=iraq http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/economists-view/1118552?rsstype=tag&tag=iraq I think this is right, we should encourage this:A new dynamic for the Middle East, econbrowser: Maybe it's time to try something new. And maybe it's already starting.Last week theNew York Times reported:In the first major oil deal Iraq has made with ... Wed, 03 Sep 2008 03:33:00 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/economists-view/1118552?rsstype=tag&tag=iraq http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/economists-view/1113678?rsstype=tag&tag=iraq I'm still have doubts about the claim that the Iraq war has hurt the economy (more doubts here), but Joseph Stiglitz doesn't:No quick fix for America s war-torn economy, by Joseph Stiglitz, Project Syndicate: Some say there are two issues in the co... Mon, 18 Aug 2008 03:06:00 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/economists-view/1113678?rsstype=tag&tag=iraq http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/economists-view/1113687?rsstype=tag&tag=iraq Since the U.S. economy is weak and our own bridges, roads and airports are in desperate need of repair, Linda Bilmes and Joseph Stiglitz want Iraq to pick up a greater share of the cost of its own reconstruction:Is this any way to rebuild Iraq?, by... Fri, 15 Aug 2008 03:33:00 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/economists-view/1113687?rsstype=tag&tag=iraq http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/economists-view/1107247?rsstype=tag&tag=iraq Barack Obama says on my first day in office, I would give the military a new mission: ending this war. He believes that we can safely redeploy our combat brigades at a pace that would remove them in 16 months. That would be the summer of 2010 :My ... Mon, 14 Jul 2008 03:33:00 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/economists-view/1107247?rsstype=tag&tag=iraq http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/econ-browser/1106596?rsstype=tag&tag=iraq ...oil was the objective. Maybe.... Sat, 05 Jul 2008 11:23:57 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/econ-browser/1106596?rsstype=tag&tag=iraq http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/oil-drum/1097217?rsstype=tag&tag=iraq This is a guest post by John Robb. John is an author, an entrepreneur, a blogger at Global Guerrillas, and a former USAF pilot in special operations. His book, Brave New War was published in April 2007 by Wiley, which can be purchased here. The bo... Wed, 18 Jun 2008 10:15:59 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/oil-drum/1097217?rsstype=tag&tag=iraq http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/economists-view/1069393?rsstype=tag&tag=iraq What do you think of this? It's the Introduction to a book from the Urban Institute, War and Taxes. The argument is that in criticizing the Bush administration for its policies regarding financing the war, we should be careful not to compare today ... Sat, 17 May 2008 16:17:00 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/economists-view/1069393?rsstype=tag&tag=iraq http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/dealscape/1041968?rsstype=tag&tag=iraq Emerging market funds are known for scouring the globe in search of opportunities, and it looks as if that search may land at least one firm in Iraq. Reuters is reporting that emerging markets fund...... Mon, 21 Apr 2008 14:39:21 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/dealscape/1041968?rsstype=tag&tag=iraq http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/economists-view/1040776?rsstype=tag&tag=iraq This is about the effort to dupe the American public with propagandadressed as independent military analysis. It's unlikely this was theonly effort along these lines, op-eds, blogs, there are all sorts ofplaces that could have been, and probably we... Sat, 19 Apr 2008 17:34:00 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/economists-view/1040776?rsstype=tag&tag=iraq http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/economists-view/1032275?rsstype=tag&tag=iraq Are wars good for the economy? America s War-Torn Economy, by Joseph E. Stiglitz, Project Syndicate: ...It used to be thought that wars were good for the economy. After all, World War II is widely thought to have helped lift the global economy o... Thu, 10 Apr 2008 14:25:12 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/economists-view/1032275?rsstype=tag&tag=iraq http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/economists-view/1029058?rsstype=tag&tag=iraq Robert Reich on the cost of the war: The Economic Costs of the Endless War, by Robert Reich: Attention turns back to Iraq tomorrow when General Petraeus reports on the endless war in Iraq. In recent months the bad news from there ... has been ecl... Mon, 07 Apr 2008 20:57:49 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/economists-view/1029058?rsstype=tag&tag=iraq http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/economists-view/1027863?rsstype=tag&tag=iraq Joseph Stiglitz and Linda Bilmes say they may have been wrong about how much the war in Iraq will cost - the estimate may be too low: $3 trillion may be too low, by Joseph Stiglitz and Linda Bilmes, Commentary, Comment is Free: President Bush has ... Sun, 06 Apr 2008 18:09:29 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/economists-view/1027863?rsstype=tag&tag=iraq http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/energy-outlook/1008380?rsstype=tag&tag=iraq This week marks the fifth anniversary of the start of the Iraq War. With the outcome of November's US presidential election hinging at least in part on the judgment to go to war in 2003, and in light of the release of a new book by a Nobel-winning ec... Mon, 17 Mar 2008 11:51:00 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/energy-outlook/1008380?rsstype=tag&tag=iraq http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/economists-view/1005248?rsstype=tag&tag=iraq Joseph Stiglitz on the cost of the war:War costs and costs and costs, by Joseph Stiglitz,Project Syndicate: ...In our new book The Three Trillion Dollar War, Harvard's Linda Bilmes and I conservatively estimate the economic cost of the war to the US ... Thu, 13 Mar 2008 19:28:45 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/economists-view/1005248?rsstype=tag&tag=iraq http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/economists-view/999994?rsstype=tag&tag=iraq Linda Bilmes and Joseph Stiglitz argue that the costs of the war are far greater than most people realize, something they are trying to change: The Iraq War Will Cost Us $3 Trillion, and Much More, by Linda J. Bilmes and Joseph E. Stiglitz, Commen... 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