#  OP-EDs 

 



- Bilmes, Linda J. "[What are we willing to sacrifice in war on ISIS](http://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/2015/03/11/what-are-willing-sacrifice-war-isis/9uTVyrBBHmxO3e2BYSiE8J/story.html#comments)?" *Boston Globe*. March 11, 2015
- Bilmes, Linda J. "[Fighting the Islamic State - how much will it cost](http://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/2014/10/07/fighting-islamic-state-how-much-will-cost/xub6sT2eWP1k67t1HWBsFL/story.html)?" Boston Globe. October 8, 2014
- Bilmes, Linda J. "[Can the U.S. afford another $3 trillion war](http://edition.cnn.com/2014/08/27/opinion/iraq-opinion-united-states-cost-of-war/index.html)?" CNN. August 27, 2014
- Bilmes, Linda J. "[Yesterday's VA Is Serving Today's Veterans. Therin Lies the Problem](http://cognoscenti.wbur.org/2014/07/08/va-scandal-linda-bilmes)." Cogoscenti, WBUR National Public Radio. July 16, 2014
- Bilmes, Linda J. ["Boots on the Budget: Personnel costs need to be part of the equation for military cuts.](http://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/2014/03/22/boots-budget/p3AAE82AtRZ9qyEjrbK2eI/story.html)" *The Boston Glob*e. March 22, 2014.
- Bilmes, Linda J. "[Reforming the Budget: Four Steps to Restore Fiscal Discipline.](http://www.brookings.edu/blogs/fixgov/posts/2014/02/04-budget-reform-accounting-system-overhead-bilmes)" *Brookings.* February 5, 2014.
- Bilmes, Linda J. "[U.N. Funding is a Small Price for Peace.](http://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/2014/01/25/funding-small-price-for-peace/XuHm9sbSGVbpDG3IVfml9H/story.html)" *The Boston Globe.* January 25, 2014.
- Bilmes, Linda J. and William Daley. "[With HealthCare.gov, the government’s bad management skills are showing again](http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/with-healthcaregov-the-governments-bad-management-skills-are-showing-again/2013/11/27/125583d8-5601-11e3-835d-e7173847c7cc_story.html)." *The Washington Post.* November 7, 2013.
- Bilmes, Linda J. "[As the Shutdown Turns: It's Time to Stop the Budgetary Soap Opera." ](http://cognoscenti.wbur.org/2013/10/10/the-real-damage-of-the-shutdown-linda-j-bilmes)Cognoscenti, WBUR National Public Radio*.* October 10, 2013.
- Bilmes, Linda J. ["No day at the National Parks](http://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/2013/10/04/national-parks-shut-worst-possible-time/D1GsLqyuTIGAfhaBnj1aVI/story.html)." *The Boston Globe*. October 4, 2013.
- Bilmes, Linda J. "[The Cost of Striking Syria: 4 Lessons from Iraq and Afghanistan](http://cognoscenti.wbur.org/2013/09/06/economic-considerations-for-syria-linda-j-bilmes)." Cognoscenti, WBUR National Public Radio*,* September 6, 2013.
- Bilmes, Linda J. ["Pentagon a ripe target for cuts." ](http://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/2013/07/31/common-sense-budget-for-all/nI3mUXCMpOkWQd4TYDxQmO/story.html?s_campaign=8315)*The Boston Globe.* July 31, 2013.
- Bilmes, Linda J[. "Giving Margaret Thatcher The Feminist Cred She Deserved - And Would Have Hated.](http://cognoscenti.wbur.org/2013/04/17/thatcher-funeral-lean-in-linda-bilmes)" Cognoscenti, WBUR National Public Radio*,* April 17, 2013.
- Bilmes, Linda J,[ "Hurling itself off successive cliffs, Congress shows dysfunction."](http://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/2013/02/22/the-national-budget-process-has-become-completely-dysfunctional/YR3Misx0PixzcRAwhet3fN/story.html?s_campaign=8315) *The Boston Globe*. February 22, 2013.
- Stiglitz, Joseph and Linda J. Bilmes. ["There Will Be No Peace Dividend After Afghanistan.](http://www.hks.harvard.edu/fs/lbilmes/Financial%20Times.pdf)" *Financial Times*, January 24, 2013.
- Bilmes, Linda J. "[Three Ways to Avoid Future 'Fiscal Cliffs', "](http://cognoscenti.wbur.org/2012/11/26/fiscal-cliff-linda-bilmes) Cognoscenti WBUR National Public Radio, Novemer 26, 2012.
- Bilmes, Linda J. "[The battle for veterans' votes](http://articles.latimes.com/2012/oct/19/opinion/la-oe-bilmes-veteran-vote-20121019)," *Los Angeles Times*, October 19, 2012.
- Bilmes, Linda J. ["The Truth Behind The Ryan Budget](http://cognoscenti.wbur.org/2012/09/19/paul-ryan-budget-linda-j-bilmes)," WBUR National Public Radio, September 19, 2012.
- Bilmes, Linda J. "[Don't Perpetuate a 'Culture of Endless Money'](http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2012/09/09/how-big-should-the-defense-budget-be/?hp)"" *New York Times,* September 10, 2012.
- Bilmes, Linda J. "[Afghanistan is missing from the campaign." ](http://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/letters/2012/07/14/missing-from-presidential-campagin-afghanistan/wf6J1WLDXVQcmg8Czcla0O/story.html?s_campaign=8315)*The Boston Globe*, July 15, 2012.
- Bilmes, Linda J. and Shelby Chodos,[ "Where the New Deal meets Reaganomics."](http://www.washingtonpost.com/rw/WashingtonPost/Content/Epaper/2012-07-01/Bx3.pdf) *The Washington Post*, July 1, 2012.
- Bilmes, Linda J[. "And now, battles with hardly any rules](http://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/2012/02/05/and-now-battles-with-hardly-any-rules/kh3oLeTFj7HlrFKks4xknI/story.html?s_campaign=8315)." *The Boston Globe,* February 5, 2012.
- Bilmes, Linda J. "[What have we learned from Iraq?](http://articles.boston.com/2011-12-07/bostonglobe/30497004_1_iraq-war-cost-war-spending-train-iraqi-forces)" *The Boston Globe*, December 7, 2011.
- Bilmes, Linda J. "[America's Costly War Machine](http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe--bilmes-war-cost-20110918,0,1598244.story)." *Los Angeles Times*, September 18, 2011.
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