Publications

BOOKS

Nemec, Juraj, Bilmes, Linda J.,et al. (editors) Elgar Encyclopedia of Public Financial Management (Edward Elgar Publishing, forthcoming 2027)
Bilmes, Linda J. The Ghost Budget: Paying for America's Wars. Cambridge University Press. (forthcoming 2027).
Bilmes, Linda J. and John Loomis. Valuing U.S. National Parks and Programs: America's Best Investment. Routledge, 2019.
Bilmes, Linda and W. Scott Gould. The People Factor: Strengthening America by Investing in Public Service. Brookings, 2009.
Stiglitz, Joseph E. and Bilmes, Linda J. The Three Trillion Dollar War: The True Cost of the Iraq Conflict. Norton and Company. 2008
Wetzker, Konrad, Strűven, Peter, and Bilmes, Linda J. Gebt uns das Risiko Zuruck (Give Us Back The Risk). Carl Hanser Vertag. 1998

BOOK CHAPTERS

Linda J. Bilmes, The “Ghost Budget” In: Perpetual War and International Law. Edited by: Brianna Rosen. Oxford University Press © Oxford University Press 2026. DOI:10.1093/oso/9780197748992.003.0005
Marlowe, Tim, Linda J. Bilmes, and John Loomis. "Valuing Education and Learning in the National Parks." America's Largest Classroom. Ed. Jessica L. Thompson. University of California Press, 2020. https://www.ucpress.edu/book/9780520340640/americas-largest-classroom.
Linda J. Bilmes. "The Fiscal Opacity Cycle: How America Hid the Costs of the Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan." in Toward A Just Society: Joseph Stiglitz and Twenty-First Century Economics, Ed. Martin Guzman. Columbia University Press, September 2018.
Linda J. Bilmes and Jeffrey Neal. "Public Employees as a Strategic Resource". in Global Encyclopedia of Public Administration, Public Policy, and Governance. Springer, 2018.
Joseph E. Stiglitz and Linda J. Bilmes. "Estimating the costs of war: Methodological issues, with applications to Iraq and Afghanistan". Oxford Handbook of the Economics of Peace and Conflict. Eds. Michelle Garfinkel and Stergios Skaperdas, Oxford University Press: Oxford, 2012
Bilmes, Linda and Stiglitz, Joseph E. "The Long-term Costs of Conflict: The Case of the Iraq War", in the Elgar Handbook on the Economics of Conflict. Eds. Derek Braddon, and Keith Hartley. (April 2011, Edward Elgar Publishers)
Bilmes, Linda J. and Stiglitz, Joseph E. "Hidden Wounds and Accounting Tricks: Disguising the True Costs" in Lessons from Iraq: Avoiding the Next War. Eds. Miriam Pemberton and William D. Hartung. Penguin Publishers, 2008
Bilmes, Linda J. and Neal, Jeffrey R. "The People Factor: Human Resources Reform in Government" in For the People: Can We Fix Public Service? Eds. John D. Donahue and Joseph S. Nye, Jr. Brookings, 2003.
Bilmes, Linda J. "Scoring Goals for People and Company" in Mastering People Management: Your Single-Source Guide to Becoming a Master of People Management. Ed. James Pickford. FT Prentice Hall, 2001.

ACADEMIC PAPERS AND REPORTS

Bilmes, Linda, J. "The Ghost Budget: U.S. War Spending & Fiscal Transparency". Daedalus 154 (4) (Fall 2025)., American Academy of Arts and Sciences. November 20 2025.
Bilmes, Linda J. "Costs of United States Military Activities in the Wider Middle East Since October 7, 2023." Costs of War Project, Watson Institute for International & Public Affairs at Brown University. October 2025.
Bilmes, Linda J., Hartung, William D., and Semler, Stephen. "United States Spending on Israel's Military Operations and Related U.S. Operations in the Region, October 7 2023 - September 30, 2024." Costs of War Project, Watson Institute for International & Public Affairs at Brown University. October 2024.
Fernandez-Monge, Fernando, Dorador, Rodrigo, Iammartino, Brian, Bilmes, Linda, de Jong, Jorrit, Goldsmith, Stephen and Ladin-Sienne, Sari. "City Leader Guide on Fiscal Resilience Post-Covid-19." Bloomberg Center for Cities at Harvard University.
Bilmes, Linda J. and Brooks, Cornell William. "Normalizing Reparations: U.S. Precedent, Norms, and Models for Compensating Harms and Implications for Reparations to Black Americans." RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences. June 2024.
Bilmes, Linda J., Rodas, Mauricio, Park, Soonae, Rowe, Devon, Toure, Aminata, and Xue, Lan. "Regulating and Reforming the insurance industry to combat climate change and accelerate implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development." United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), Committee of Experts on Public Administration, April 2024.
Mock, Rozalyn, Willis-Jackson, Megan, Wang, Bobby, De Benedictis-Kessner, Justin, Bilmes, Linda J., and Iammartino, Brian. "Can Inclusionary Zoning Be an Effective Housing Policy in Greater Boston? Evidence from Lynn and Revere." HKS Faculty Research Working Paper Series, January 2023.
Bilmes, Linda J., Rodas, Mauricio, Fraser-Moleketi, Geraldine, Rowe, Devon, Touré, Aminata, Xue, Lan. "Public Institutions and Support for Climate Funding." United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), Committee of Experts on Public Administration, March 2023.
"Public financial management in times of emergency and implications for the credibility of budgets", United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), Committee of Experts on Public Administration. Document Viewer Juraj Nemec, Katarina Ott, Lamia Moubayed Bissat, Linda Bilmes, Yamini Aiyar, Rolf Alter, Ronald Mendoza, Carlos Santiso, Aminata Touré and Najat Zarrouk. March 2023.
Aiyar, Yamini, Alter, Rolf and Bilmes, Linda J. "Challenges of effective governance for sustainable development at subnational government levels: introduction to this thematic issue of Public Sector Economics." December 2022.
Bilmes, Linda J., V.S. Ibanez, Chaudhry, Yahya, and Hakim, Jonathan R. "Strengthening Management of UN Peacekeeping Operations: A Review of UN Peacekeeping Operations Audits." HKS Faculty Research Working Paper Series, December 2021.
Bilmes, Linda J. "The Long-Term Costs of United States Care for Veterans of the Afghanistan and Iraq Wars." HKS Faculty Research Working Paper Series, September 2021.
Bilmes, Linda J."The Long-Term Costs of United States Care for Veterans of the Afghanistan and Iraq Wars." Costs of War Project at Brown University, Watson Institute of International & Public Affairs, August 2021.
Nemej, Juraj, Bilmes, Linda J., Ott, Katarina, Bissat, Lamia Moubayed and Bouckaert, Geert. "Integrating the Sustainable Development Goals into national and subnational budgeting and financial management with a focus on Cabo Verde." United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), Committee of Experts on Public Administration, January 2021.
Bourdeaux, Margaret, Kaushal, Jessica, Bilmes, Linda J., Sasdi, Annmarie, Mishra, Megan, and Hoyt, Anne. "Estimating the Costs and Benefits of Supported Quarantine and Isolation in Massachusetts: The Missing Link in Covid-19 Response." HKS Faculty Research Working Paper Series, February 2021.
Ellington, Tom, Bruckner, Michael S., Moriarty, Peggy, Nalli, Peter and Bilmes, Linda J. "Economic Value and Costs of Capital Cities: The Trenton Case Study." HKS Faculty Research Working Paper Series, February 2021.
Peacock, Marcus. Bathurst, Donald, Bilmes, Linda J., Burke, Sheila, Sherry, Margaret. "Assessment of the National Park Service Museum Collections Storage Management" National Academy of Public Administration, December 2020.
Bilmes, Linda J. "Rethinking U.S. National Security after COVID19." Peace Economics, Peace Science and Public Policy, August 2020.
Ott, Katarina, Nemej, Juraj, Bilmes, Linda, Duarte, Cristina, Bissat, Lamia Moubayed, and Bouckaert, Geert. "Budgeting for the Sustainable Development Goals." United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), Committee of Experts on Public Administration, January 2020.
Olson, Stevie, Berkaw, Phil, Charland, Lucien, Patton, Elizabeth, Bilmes, Linda J. "The $64 Billion Massachusetts Vehicle Economy." HKS Faculty Research Working Paper Series, December 2019.
Duarte, Cristina, Bilmes, Linda J., and Nemec, Juraj. "Strengthening fiscal management at the national and subnational levels." United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), January 2019.
White, Laura, Rochet, Jean-Louis, Mathias, Pete, O'Gorman, Kate and Bilmes, Linda J. "Connecting the Northeast: A Cost Estimate for the North South Rail Link." HKS Faculty Research Working Paper Series, August 2017.
Haefele, Michelle, Loomis, John, and Bilmes, Linda J. "Total Economic Valuation of US National Park Service Estimated to be $92 Billion: Implications for Policy. The George Wright Forum, Vol. 33, No. 3, December 2016.
duPont Carolyn M., Levitt, James N., and Bilmes, Linda. J. "Green Bonds and Land Conservation: A New Investment Landscape?" Stanford Social Innovation Review. December 2016.
Haefele, Michelle., Loomis, John., and Bilmes, Linda J. "Total Economic Valuation of the National Park Service Lands and Programs: Results of a Survey of the American Public. Faculty Research Working Paper Series, June 2016.
Bilmes, Linda J. "Support Economic Valuation." In 2016 National Park System Advisory Board Report. National Parks Service, 2016.
Nash, Jennifer and Bilmes, Linda J. "Engaged Scholarship: Perspectives from Outside the University" SLATE, HKS Working Paper Series.
duPont, Carolyn M., Levitt, James N., Bilmes, Linda J. "Green Bonds and Land Conservation: The Evolution of a New Financing Tool." HKS Faculty Research Working Paper Series, December 2015.
Banasiak, Adam, Bilmes, Linda J, and Loomis, John. "Carbon Sequestration in the U.S. National Parks: A Value Beyond Visitation." HKS Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP15-007, February 2015/Social Science Research Network
Bilmes, Linda J. "The financial legacy of Afghanistan and Iraq: How wartime spending decisions will constrain future U.S. national security budgets". The Economics of Peace and Security Journal, Vol. 9, No 1 (2014).
Bilmes, Linda J. The Financial Legacy of Iraq and Afghanistan. Harvard Kennedy School Working Paper Series RWP13-006, March 2013, https://research.hks.harvard.edu/publications/workingpapers/citation.as…
Bilmes, Linda J. and Intrilligator, Michael. "How Many Wars is the U.S. Fighting Today?" In Peace Economics, Peace Science and Public Policy, Vol 19, Issue 1, May 2013.
Bilmes, Linda J. Federalist Nos 66-77 "How Would Publius Envision the Civil Service Today?". Public Administration Review, 71: s98-s104. Review of Alexander Hamilton's thoughts on public administration and the civil service in the Federalist Papers.
Bilmes, Linda J. "Highlights from 'The People Factor: Strengthening America by Investing in Public Service " in the ESADE (Institute of Public Governance & Management) Journal, October 31, 2011.
Bilmes, Linda J. "Current and Projected Future Costs of Caring for Veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan Wars." Eisenhower Study Group on the Costs of War, June 13, 2011.
Bilmes, Linda J. "The Fiscal Crisis in State Government - And What Should be Done About It." New America Foundation, June 17, 2010.
Bilmes, Linda J. "Soldiers Returning From Iraq and Afghanistan: The Long-term Costs of Providing Veterans Medical Care and Disability Benefits." KSG Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP07-001, January 2007. (Presented at the ASSA meeting, 2007)
Bilmes, Linda J. "Activity-Based Budgeting for Massachusetts. "Rappaport Institute Policy Brief, pp. 20-21, October 2006
Bilmes, Linda J., and Stiglitz, Joseph E.. "The Economic Costs of the Iraq War: An Appraisal Three Years After the Beginning of the Conflict." NBER Working Paper Series No. 12054 prepared for presentation at the ASSA meeting, 2006.

ARTICLES, COMMENTARY AND OP-EDS

The Hill. Filip Timotija. "Cost of Iran war grows, as Trump throws its end into question." July 11, 2026.
Harvard Magazine, Five Questions. "America’s National Parks Are a $56 Billion Economic Engine." April 21, 2026.
On Point with Meghna Chakrabarti: "The real cost of the war with Iran." WBUR. April 13. 2026
International Relations & Security. "Why is the war in Iran so expensive?" Harvard Kennedy School Faculty Research. April 7, 2026.
The Boston Globe, Opinion. "The real cost of the war with Iran." (PDF) March 10, 2026.
Bilmes, Linda J. The Boston Globe, Opinion. "Trump is squandering the nation's soft power." July 24, 2025.
Bilmes, Linda J. "Analyzing DOGE actions one month into Trump's second administration." Harvard Kennedy School. February 19, 2025.
Bilmes, Linda J. "Elon Musk is right: Let's ditch the penny" The Boston Globe. February 3, 2025
Bilmes, Linda J. "Commerce oversees everything from weather and salmon to trade and census − here are 3 challenges awaiting new secretary." The Conversation. January 28, 2025
Bilmes, Linda J. "What awaits the Department of Government Efficiency?" Harvard Kennedy School. January 15, 2025
Linda Bilmes and Cornell Brooks "US has a history of paying reparations. Why won't it pay Black Americans?" (PDF) The Boston Globe. July 11, 2024
Linda J. Bilmes and Cornell William Brooks. "Paying Reparations is Possible" The Conversation, July 19th, 2024.
Linda Bilmes, Mauricio Rodas, Soonae Park, Devon Rowe, Aminata Toure and Lan Xue. United Nations Committee of Experts on Public Administration Blog. Transforming the insurance industry to combat climate change-induced poverty and accelerate implementation of the 2030 Agenda | Public Institutions (un.org)
Juraj Nemec, Lamia Moubayed Bissat, Katarina Ott, Linda Bilmes and Ronald Mendoza. "In Times of Multiple Crises, Keep Your Eye on Public Money" , United Nations DESA Public Institutions Blog, 29 April 2024. In Times of Multiple Crises, Keep Your Eye on Public Money
Bilmes, Linda J. "The 'Ghost Budget': How America Pays for Endless War." Just Security. January 3, 2024
Bilmes, Linda J. “Simply not driving off a cliff: Linda Bilmes says the latest debt ceiling fight is a symptom of larger budgetary malaise." June 2023
The United States pays reparations every day—just not to Black America | Harvard Kennedy School
Bilmes, Linda J. "Why is Federal Spending So Hard to Cut? Debt Ceiling Fights will only be solved by Budget Reform." Brookings Institution FixGov. https://www.brookings.edu/blog/fixgov/2023/04/27/why-is-federal-spending-so-hard-to-cut-recurring-debt-ceiling-fights-will-only-be-solved-by-budget-reform/. April 27, 2023.
Bilmes, Linda J. "I helped balance the federal budget in the 1990s" https://theconversation.com/i-helped-balance-the-federal-budget-in-the-1990s-heres-just-how-hard-it-will-be-for-the-gop-to-achieve-that-same-rare-feat-198363 The Conversation, February 1, 2023
Bilmes, Linda J., and Brooks, Cornell W. "The GI Bill was one of the worst racial injustices of the 20th century. Congress can fix it." Boston Globe. February 23, 2022.
Bilmes, Linda J., and Lawrence, Natasha "5 steps Boston can take to increase diversity " Boston Globe. September 30, 2021.
Bilmes, Linda J. "Where did the $5tn spent on Afghanistan and Iraq go? Here's where." The Guardian. September 11, 2021.
Bilmes, Linda J. "Putting a dollar value on nature will governments and businesses more reason to protect it." The Conversation. May 11, 2021.
Bilmes, Linda J., and Bourdeaux, Margaret. "Massachusetts should pay people to quarantine" Boston Globe. March 3, 2021.
Bilmes, Linda. Interview, The Impact of the Great American Outdoors Act, https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2020/07/the-likely-impact-of-great-american-outdoors-act/ Harvard Gazette, July 27, 2020.
Bilmes, Linda J. "Who is rescuing America's national parks? Trump" Boston Globe. July 27, 2020
Bilmes, Linda J. "A Perfect Fiscal Storm of Revenue Shortfalls for Cities and Towns" Boston Globe. June 25, 2020
Bilmes, Linda J. "The Rainy Day Is Here" Harvard Faculty Short Papers. June 24, 2020
Bilmes, Linda "The importance of subnational governments" United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs Public Institutions, Committee of Experts on Public Administration. June 23, 2020
Bilmes, Linda J. ""Dissecting coronavirus economic impact and recovery options" Harvard Kennedy School News. May 7, 2020
Bilmes, Linda J. "The Trump administration has made the US less ready for infectious disease outbreaks like coronavirus" The Conversation. February 3, 2020
Bilmes, Linda J., and Loomis, John B.. "Our national parks are in crisis. Trump's solution is absurd" Los Angeles Times. December 2, 2019
Bilmes, Linda J., Monge, Fernando., and de Jong, Jorrit. "Can policymakers repeat Bilbao's success?" Apolitical. August 7, 2019
Bilmes, Linda J. "Roundtable on Taxing Wars: The American Way of War Finance and the Decline of American Democracy" International Security Studies Forum. August 2019
Bilmes, Linda J., Crawford, Neta., and Zielinski, Rosella Capella. "War with Iran will cost more than the Iraq and Afghanistan wars" Boston Globe. June 24, 2019
Bilmes, Linda J., and Gould, W. Scott. "The Ripple Effects of the U.S. Government Shutdown." Barron's. January 22, 2019
Bilmes, Linda J. "To avoid government shutdowns, fix the budget process '" Boston Globe. January 7, 2019
Bilmes, Linda J. "The cataclysmic cost of Trump's 'war on oceans'" Boston Globe. July 26, 2018
Bilmes, Linda J. "Trump is breaking the environment beyond repair." Boston Globe. February 20, 2018
Bilmes, Linda J. "Congress' budget dysfunction is more than 4 decades in the making." The Conversation. February 9, 2018
Bilmes, Linda J. "On Veteran's Day, let's honor the promises we've made to veterans". Boston Globe. March 2, 2017
Bilmes, Linda J. The bill for America's Longest War is still unpaid. http://www.thefiscaltimes.com/2017/05/29/How-Will-We-Pay-6-Trillion-Bill-Wars-Iraq-and-Afghanistan The Fiscal Times, May 27, 2017
Bilmes, Linda J. "Trump's proposed defense splurge flunks basic math". Boston Globe. March 2, 2017
Bilmes, Linda J. "The $5 trillion wars". Boston Globe. October 17, 2016
Bilmes, Linda J., and Shafroth, William. "A Centennial--And Uncertain Future--For America's National Parks. Cognoscenti, WBUR National Public Radio. August 11, 2016
Bilmes, Linda J. "Invest in America's Parks" Boston Globe. July 13, 2016
Bilmes, Linda J. "Americans think national parks are worth US$92 billion, but we don't fund them accordingly" The Conversation. July 10, 2016
Bilmes, Linda J. "Congress Should Hold Hearings on Obama's Budget" Boston Globe. March 4, 2016
Bilmes, Linda J. "A Trust Fund for Veterans" Democracy: A Journal of Ideas, Winter 2016 (39), January 6, 2016
Bilmes, Linda J. "Uproar over Hilary Clinton's e-mails misses the point". Boston Globe. September 9, 2015
Bilmes, Linda J. "What are we willing to sacrifice in war on ISIS?" Boston Globe. March 11, 2015
Bilmes, Linda J. "A Call for A National Strategy on Veterans." Cognoscenti, WBUR National Public Radio. November 11, 2014
Bilmes, Linda J. " Fighting the Islamic State - how much will it cost?" Boston Globe. October 8, 2014
Bilmes, Linda J. "Can the US afford another $3 trillion war?" CNN. August 27, 2014
Bilmes, Linda J. "Yesterday's VA is Serving Today's Veterans Therein Lies the Problem". Cognoscenti, WBUR National Public Radio. July 16, 2014
Bilmes, Linda J. "Boots on the Budget: Personal costs need to be part of the equation for military cuts." Boston Globe. March 22, 2014
Bilmes, Linda J. "Reforming the budget: Four Steps to Restore Fiscal Discipline". Brookings. February 5, 2014
Bilmes, Linda J. "U.N. Funding is a small price for peace". The Boston Globe. January 25, 2014
Bilmes, Linda J. and Daley, William. " With Healthcare.gov, the government's bad management skills are showing again." The Washington Post. November 7, 2013
Bilmes, Linda J. "As the shutdown turns: It's Time to Stop the Budgetary Soap Opera". Cognoscenti, WBUR National Public Radio. October 10, 2013
Bilmes, Linda J. " No Day at the National Parks". The Boston Globe. October 4, 2013
Bilmes, Linda J. "The Cost of Striking Syria: 4 Lessons from Iraq and Afghanistan". Cognoscenti, WBUR National Public Radio. September 6, 2013
Bilmes, Linda J. " Pentagon a ripe target for cuts". The Boston Globe. July 31, 2013
Bilmes, Linda J. "Giving Margaret Thatcher the Feminist Cred She Deserved-And Would have Hated". Cognoscenti, WBUR National Public Radio, April 17, 2013
Bilmes, Linda J. "Hurling itself off successive cliffs, Congress shows dysfunction". The Boston Globe. February 22, 2013
Stiglitz, Joseph and Bilmes, Linda J. "There will be no peace dividend after Afghanistan". Financial Times. January 23, 2013
Bilmes, Linda J, "Three Ways to Avoid Future 'Fiscal Cliffs'. Cognoscenti, WBUR National Public Radio, November 26, 2012
Bilmes, Linda J "The battle for veterans votes". Los Angeles Times. October 19, 2012
Bilmes, Linda J. "The Truth Behind the Ryan Budget". Cognoscenti, WBUR National Public Radio. September 19, 2012
Bilmes, Linda J. "Don't Perpetuate a "Culture of Endless Money' ". New York Times. September 9, 2012
Bilmes, Linda J. "Afghanistan is missing from the campaign". The Boston Globe. July 15, 2012
Bilmes, Linda J., Chodos, Shelby. "Where the New Deal meets Reaganomics." The Washington Post. July 1, 2012
Bilmes, Linda J. " And now, battles with hardly any rules". The Boston Globe. February 5, 2012
Bilmes, Linda J. " Where the New Deal meets Reaganomics." The Washington Post. July 1, 2012
Bilmes, Linda J. " What have we learned from Iraq?". The Boston Globe. December 7, 2011
Bilmes, Linda J. "America's Costly War Machine". Los Angeles Times. September 18, 2011
Bilmes, Linda J. "US response to 9/11 contributed to causes of current debt crisis". The Christian Science Monitor, September 8, 2011
Bilmes, Linda J. "What the U.S. Government can Learn from Business." Harvard Business Review, July 29, 2011
Bilmes, Linda J. "True Accountability". New York Times. May 9, 2011
Bilmes, Linda J. "Costly Inheritance: How to tackle the triple root of US debt that has been passed to us." The Boston Globe. April 27, 2011
Bilmes, Linda J. "U.S. Budget woes more than just a math problem". Los Angeles Times. December 13, 2010
Stiglitz, J. and Bilmes, Linda J.. "The true cost of the Iraq War: $3 Trillion and Beyond". The Washington Post. September 5, 2010
Bilmes, Linda J. "Iraq wars winds down, but costs soar". San Francisco Chronicle. August 15, 2010
Bilmes, Linda J. and Stier, Max. "Freeze on Federal Jobs Won't Reduce Spending". The Boston Globe. February 10, 2010
Bilmes, Linda J. and Day, Rosemarie. "The Cost of Not Enacting Health Care Reform". "The Boston Globe. November 7, 2009
Bilmes, Linda J. and Stiglitz, Joseph. "The U.S. in Iraq: An Economics Lesson". Los Angeles Times. July 2, 2009
Bilmes, Linda and W. Scott Gould. "Investing in the People Who Make Government Work." Federal Manager Magazine. Summer 2009
Bilmes, Linda J. "Help Wanted in Public Service". The Boston Globe. April 15, 2009
Stilitiz, Jospeh and Bilmes, Linda J. "The $10 Trillion Hangover: Paying the Price for Eight Years of Bush." Harper's, January 2009
Bilmes, Linda J. "As Creditors Get Edgy, US Keeps Spending". Boston Globe. November 9, 2008
Bilmes, Linda J. and Stiglitz, Joseph E. " Is This Any Way to Rebuild Iraq?" Los Angeles Times. August 15, 2008
Bilmes, Linda J. "Iraq's 100 Year Mortgage." Foreign Policy. March/April 2008
Bilmes, Linda J. and Stiglitz, Joseph. "The $3 Trillion War." Vanity Fair, April 2008
Bilmes, Linda J. and Stiglitz, J.E. "There is no such thing as a war for free." The Chicago Tribune. March 20, 2008
Bilmes, Linda J. "The Cost of War." The Harvard Crimson. March 19, 2008
Bilmes, Linda J. and Stiglitz, Joseph. "The high cost of fighting a losing battle." Financial Times. March 19, 2008
Bilmes, Linda J. "War's price tag". Los Angeles Times. March 16, 2008
Bilmes, Linda J. "Another year, another $300 billion." The Boston Globe. March 16, 2008
Bilmes, Linda J. and Stiglitz, J. "The Iraq War Will Cost Us $3 Trillion, and Much More." Washington Post.com. March 9, 2008
Bilmes, Linda J. "Soldiers trapped in limbo". The Boston Globe, March 21, 2007
Bilmes, Linda J. "The battle of Iraq's wounded." Los Angeles Times. January 5, 2007
Bilmes, Linda J. and Stiglitz, Joseph. The Economic Cost of Iraq War." Milken Institute Review, 4^th Qtr., October 2006
Bilmes, Linda J. "Ask This: Total economic cost of the war in Iraq: One to two trillion dollars." Nieman Watchdog, September 2006.
Bilmes, Linda J. and W. Scott Gould. "New Book Looks at What College Students are Thinking about Government Jobs." Federal Manager Magazine, April 2006.
Bilmes, Linda J. and Stiglitz, J. "War's Stunning Price Tag." Los Angeles Times. January 17, 2006
Bilmes, Linda J. and Gould, Scott W. "Getting the Federal Workers We Need." Washington Post. August 31, 2005
Bilmes, Linda J. "Uncle Same Really Wants Usted." Los Angeles Times. August 21, 2005
Bilmes, Linda J. "The Trillion-Dollar War." New York Times. August 20, 2005
Bilmes, Linda J. "A Budget in Bush's Own Images." Financial Times. February 8, 2005
Bilmes, Linda J. "Disasters and the Deficit." Atlantic Monthly, December 2005.
Bilmes, Linda J. "Civil Service Has Morphed into U.S. Inc." Los Angeles Times. July 18, 2004
Bilmes, Linda J. "The Truth About the Regan Deficits." Washington Post. February 10, 2004
Bilmes, Linda J. "Bush's Gamble on the Afghan Front." Financial Times. March 30, 2004
Bilmes, Linda J. "Bush Joins the Donor Big League." Financial Times. December 3, 2003
Bilmes, Linda J. "A Poor Start for Bush's AIDS Programme." Financial Times. July 7, 2003
Bilmes, Linda J. "Bush's Future Is in Blair's Hands." Financial Times. March 6, 2003
Bilmes, Linda J. Scoring Goals for People and Company." Financial Times. November 26, 2001
Bilmes, Linda J. "Wise Tending in the Jobs Garden." Financial Times. November 26, 1996

CONGRESSIONAL TESTIMONY

DISCUSSIONS AND QUOTES

The New York Times, Opinion by Nick Kristof. "The $7 Billion We Wasted Bombing a Country We Couldn't Find on a Map." May 17, 2025.
Wallethub. "Budget Percentages." March 5, 2025.
Business Insider. "A report card for Elon: how management experts grade the first six weeks of DOGE." March 4, 2025

TEACHING CASES

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