Terrorism and the Economy: How the War on Terror is Bankrupting the World

While we feared that al-Qaeda might destroy our world, Wall Street ripped it apart.

Economist and bestselling author Loretta Napoleoni traces the link between the finances of the war on terror and the global economic crisis, finding connections from Dubai to London to Las Vegas that politicians and the media have ignored. In launching military and propaganda wars in the Middle East, America overlooked the war of economic independence waged by al-Qaeda.

The Patriot Act boosted the black market...