" (Nanto, 2004) Apart from economic damage, the attacks were also supposed to raise fear levels. This meant that governments, corporations and individuals had to change their lifestyle and how they behaved. Many precautionary policies were put into place in the case another terrorist attack occurs. People's eyes were now open to the fact that terrorism can occur to any country at any time. However, the center stage of the attacks was the economy. Other countries across the globe were also set up to feel the ripples of the attack in terms of a shrinking economy. "The 9/11 terrorist attacks affected the world economy at different levels depending on how the attacks are viewed." (Nanto, 2004) .
However, to better understand the impact the attacks had on the global front, it is vital to keep in mind the historical and contemporary causes. The UK's Prospect Magazines published that analysis and commentators highlight poverty in the Middle East as a possible factor in the attacks. "Some political leaders even argued that the Doha round of trade talks, launched soon after 9/11, was intended partly to quash terrorism" (Bergen, 2006). As well, the magazine goes on to name Madrassas and the teaching of Jihadist as being part of the fuel that encouraged the attacks. However, it goes on to show that this was a simplistic view since there is little record of Madrassa graduates carrying out an anti-western attack. Another explanation against this argument is that most of the attackers were actually college graduates who actually never attended Madrassa classes. Therefore, blaming the Islamic religion in this is unfounded. Osama Bin Laden, the person who funded the attacks, never attended religious classes. "Bin Laden went to the European-influenced Al Thug high school and then studied economics at King Abdul-Aziz University, both in Jeddah." .
It is possible to summarize some of the explanations on the causes of the 9/11 attacks.