9/11 Terrorism: Global Economic Costs
Description:
The 9/11 attacks were part of Al Qaeda’s strategy to disrupt Western economies and impose both direct and secondary costs on the United States and other nations. The immediate costs were the physical damage, loss of lives and earnings, slower world economic growth, and capital losses on stock markets. Indirect costs include higher insurance and shipping fees, diversion of time and resources away from enhancing productivity to protecting and insuring property, public loss of confidence, and redu…
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Date:
October 5, 2004
Creator:
Nanto, Dick K.
Partner:
UNT Libraries Government Documents Department