9.05.2011

The real question is, where did all that money wind up?

9/11: Chronicle Of A Catastrophe Foretold - Americas, World - The Independent 

On an investment by al-Qa'ida generally calculated at no more than $500,000, the American outlay sparked by the events of 11 September has almost equalled the amount spent by the US, in real terms, during the Second World War. According to a recent study by Brown University, the total figure stands at an unimaginable $4trn.

And, for extra credit, exactly how much economic stimulus did it provide? For whom?

 

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