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Re: My Favorite Chart on Earth

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Post by eru » Thu, Jan 20, 2011, 3:51 PM UTC

TomOfTTB wrote: post #28

redthrowaway wrote: post #27

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They were shorter and cheaper. They didn't involve the kind of spending that leads to trillion-dollar deficits.

Iraq is definitely a sink hole. But the War in Afghanistan has cost $370 billion which is $200 billion less than Korea (in inflation adjusted dollars). http://costofwar.com/en/ http://historical.whatitcosts.com/facts-korean-war.htm

Thanks for the links

Quote from http://historical.whatitcosts.com/facts-korean-war-pg2.htm

> Human Costs > 33,600 American lives lost in this conflict.

So non-Americans don't count?

Re: My Favorite Chart on Earth

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Post by crasshopper » Sat, Jan 29, 2011, 1:06 PM UTC

knowledgesale wrote: post #19

edge17 wrote: post #15

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remember Moore's law? that was based on two or three data points :)

a reference to back up this particular claim maybe?

Knowledgesale, I couldn't comment on your question about why there is no "kickstarter for investing" or find your twitter to say this ...

It was called Prosper.com. Actually there were many attempts at exactly what you're talking about. So far they've all failed.

Re: My Favorite Chart on Earth

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Post by knowledgesale » Sun, Jan 30, 2011, 8:46 PM UTC

crasshopper wrote: post #52

knowledgesale wrote: post #19

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a reference to back up this particular claim maybe?

Knowledgesale, I couldn't comment on your question about why there is no "kickstarter for investing" or find your twitter to say this ... It was called Prosper.com. Actually there were many attempts at exactly what you're talking about. So far they've all failed.

oh, very interesting, thank you