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'''Lawrence Lindsey''' is an American [[economist]]. He was fired after suggesting that the [[Iraq War]] could cost as much as $200 billion, in contrast to [[Donald Rumsfeld]]'s preferred figure of $50 billion.<ref>[[Document:The War on Terror]]</ref> In fact, both numbers are ''underestimates'' by more than an order of magnitude - the total cost of the war is measured in trillions of US dollars. | '''Lawrence Lindsey''' is an American [[economist]]. He was fired after suggesting that the [[Iraq War]] could cost as much as $200 billion, in contrast to [[Donald Rumsfeld]]'s preferred figure of $50 billion.<ref>[[Document:The War on Terror]]</ref> In fact, both numbers are ''underestimates'' by more than an order of magnitude - the total cost of the war is measured in trillions of US dollars. | ||
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| Born | 1954-07-18 Peekskill, New York, U.S. | |||||||||||||
| Alma mater | Bowdoin College, Harvard University | |||||||||||||
| Children | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Spouse | Susan Lindsey | |||||||||||||
| Member of | Phi Beta Kappa | |||||||||||||
| Party | Republican | |||||||||||||
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Lawrence Lindsey is an American economist. He was fired after suggesting that the Iraq War could cost as much as $200 billion, in contrast to Donald Rumsfeld's preferred figure of $50 billion.[1] In fact, both numbers are underestimates by more than an order of magnitude - the total cost of the war is measured in trillions of US dollars.
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