''The three trillion dollar war''

Apr. 30 - The Nobel prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz accuses the White House of dramatically playing down the cost of the Iraq war.

Besides the heavy human price paid by ordinary Iraqis since the invasion of 2003, the former World Bank chief economist argues in his latest book that the economic cost to the U.S. has hit three trillion dollars.

Darcy Lambton reports.

SOUNDBITE: Professor Joseph Stiglitz, Former World Bank Chief economist