Via Matt Yglesias comes a cool video from Good laying out the incredible cost inflation of the Iraq War, and how a project sold to the American people as a $60 billion jaunt became something more like a $3 trillion venture.

I continue to be a bit surprised and disappointed by how much more effective information is when presented on video rather than just text. I am obsolete.

Ezra Klein is a former Prospect writer and current editor-in-chief at Vox. His work has appeared in the LA Times, The Guardian, The Washington Monthly, The New Republic, Slate, and The Columbia Journalism Review. He’s been a commentator on MSNBC, CNN, NPR, and more.