The True Cost of 9/11: Trillions wasted on wars, a fiscal catastrophe, a weaker America

09-01-2011 • Joseph E. Stiglitz, Slate

Al-Qaida, while not conquered, no longer appears to be the threat that loomed so large in the wake of the 9/11 attacks. But the price paid in getting to this point, in the U.S. and elsewhere, has been enormous—and mostly avoidable. The legacy will be