# 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 Investme*****nt**.](https://www.routledge.com/Valuing-US-National-Parks-and-Programs-Americas-Best-Investment/Bilmes-Loomis/p/book/9781138483125) Routledge, 2019. - Bilmes, Linda and W. Scott Gould. [***The People Factor: Strengthening America by Investing in Public Service.***](https://www.amazon.com/People-Factor-Strengthening-America-Investing/dp/0815701411) Brookings, 2009. - Stiglitz, Joseph E. and Bilmes, Linda J*.* [***The Three Trillion Dollar War: The True Cost of the Iraq Conflict***](https://www.amazon.com/Three-Trillion-Dollar-War-Conflict/dp/0393334171)***.*** Norton and Company. 2008 - Wetzker, Konrad, Strűven, Peter, and Bilmes, Linda J. [***Gebt uns das Risiko Zuruck (Give Us Back The Risk)***](https://www.abebooks.de/Gebt-uns-Risiko-zur%C3%BCck-Strategien-mehr/1086771318/bd)**.** Carl Hanser Vertag. 1998 #### **BOOK CHAPTERS** - Linda J. Bilmes, [The “*Ghost Budget*” In: *Perpetual War and International Law*](https://global.oup.com/academic/product/perpetual-war-and-international-law-9780197749005?lang=en&cc=us). 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. . - [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.](/file_url/190) - [Linda J. Bilmes and Jeffrey Neal. "Public Employees as a Strategic Resource". in Global Encyclopedia of Public Administration, Public Policy, and Governance. Springer, 2018.](https://link.springer.com/referenceworkentry/10.1007/978-3-319-31816-5_577-1) - [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, 201](http://www.socsci.uci.edu/~mrgarfin/OUP/papers/Bilmes.pdf)2 - [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)](https://www8.gsb.columbia.edu/faculty/jstiglitz/sites/jstiglitz/files/2011_longterm_costs_iraq_war.pdf) - [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](https://books.google.com/books?id=6B8eCwAAQBAJ&source=gbs_navlinks_s) - [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.](https://books.google.com/books?id=wQSB1_OogE0C&dq=for%20the%20people%20can%20we%20fix%20public%20service&source=gbs_navlinks_s) - [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.](https://books.google.com/books/about/Mastering_People_Management.html?id=ks0IAAAACAAJ) #### **ACADEMIC PAPERS AND REPORTS** - Bilmes, Linda, J. "[The Ghost Budget: U.S. War Spending & Fiscal Transparency](/resource/ghost-budget-us-war-spending-fiscal-transparency "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.](/sites/g/files/omnuum4996/files/2025-10/Wider-Middle-East-Costs_Costs-of-War_Bilmes_10.7.25.pdf "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."](/file_url/235) 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](https://cityleadership.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/20201002-City-Leader-Guide-on-Fiscal-Resilience-07292024-WEB.pdf)." 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](/sites/g/files/omnuum4996/files/2025-02/Normalizing%20Reparations_U.S.%20Precedent%2C%20Norms%2C%20and%20Models%20for%20Compensating%20Harms%20and%20Implications%20for%20Reparations%20to%20Black%20Americans.pdf "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.](/sites/g/files/omnuum4996/files/2025-02/Regulating%20and%20reforming%20the%20insurance%20industry%20to%20combat%20climate%20change%20and%20accelerate%20implementation%20of%20the%202030%20Agenda%20for%20Sustainable%20Development.pdf "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.](/sites/g/files/omnuum4996/files/2025-02/Can%20Inclusionary%20Zoning%20Be%20an%20Effective%20Housing%20Policy%20in%20Greater%20Boston_Bilmes.pdf "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.](/sites/g/files/omnuum4996/files/2025-02/Public%20institutions%20and%20support%20for%20climate%20funding.pdf "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](https://docs.un.org/en/e/c.16/2023/6) 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](/sites/g/files/omnuum4996/files/2025-02/Challenges%20of%20effective%20governance%20for%20sustainable%20development%20at%20subnational%20government%20levels%2C%20introduction%20to%20the%20thematic%20issue%20of%20Public%20Sector%20Economics.pdf "Challenges of effective governance for sustainable development at subnational government levels: introduction to the 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.](/sites/g/files/omnuum4996/files/2025-02/Strengthening%20Management%20of%20UN%20Peacekeeping%20Operations%2C%20A%20Review%20of%20UN%20Peacekeeping%20Operations%20Audits.pdf "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](/sites/g/files/omnuum4996/files/2025-02/Veterans%20of%20the%20Iraq%20and%20Afghanistan%20Wars%2C%20The%20Long-Term%20Costs%20of%20Providing%20Disability%20Benefits%20and%20Medical%20Care%2C%202001-2050.pdf "Veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan Wars: The Long-Term Costs of Providing Disability Benefits and Medical Care, 2001-2050")." 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.](/sites/g/files/omnuum4996/files/2025-02/The%20Long-Term%20Costs%20of%20United%20States%20Care%20for%20Veterans%20of%20the%20Afghanistan%20and%20Iraq%20Wars.pdf "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*.*](/sites/g/files/omnuum4996/files/2025-02/Integrating%20the%20Sustainable%20Development%20Goals%20into%20national%20and%20subnational%20budgeting%20and%20financial%20management%20with%20a%20focus%20on%20Cabo%20Verde.pdf "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](/sites/g/files/omnuum4996/files/2025-02/Estimating%20the%20Costs%20and%20Benefits%20of%20Supported%20Quarantine%20and%20Isolation%20in%20Massachusetts%2C%20The%20Missing%20Link%20in%20Covid-19%20Response.pdf "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.](/sites/g/files/omnuum4996/files/2025-02/Economic%20Value%20and%20Costs%20of%20Capital%20Cities%2C%20The%20Trenton%20Case%20Study.pdf "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](/sites/g/files/omnuum4996/files/2025-02/Assessment%20of%20the%20National%20Park%20Service%20Museum%20Collections%20Storage%20Management.pdf "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](/sites/g/files/omnuum4996/files/2025-02/Rethinking%20U.S.%20National%20Security%20after%20Covid19.pdf "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.](/sites/g/files/omnuum4996/files/2025-02/Budgeting%20for%20the%20Sustainable%20Development%20Goals.pdf "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.](/sites/g/files/omnuum4996/files/2025-02/The%2064%20Billion%20Massachusetts%20Vehicle%20Economy.pdf "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.](/sites/g/files/omnuum4996/files/2025-02/Strengthening%20fiscal%20management%20at%20the%20national%20and%20subnational%20levels.pdf "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.](/sites/g/files/omnuum4996/files/2025-02/Connecting%20the%20Northeast%2C%20A%20Cost%20Estimate%20for%20the%20North-South%20Rail%20Link.pdf "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.](/sites/g/files/omnuum4996/files/2025-02/Total%20Economic%20Value%20of%20US%20National%20Park%20Service%20Estimated%20to%20be%2092%20Billion%2C%20Implications%20for%20Policy.pdf "Total Economic Value 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?"](https://ssir.org/articles/entry/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](/sites/g/files/omnuum4996/files/2025-02/Total%20Economic%20Valuation%20of%20the%20National%20Park%20Service%20Lands%20and%20Programs%2C%20Results%20of%20a%20Survey%20of%20The%20American%20Public.pdf "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.](https://www.nps.gov/resources/upload/National-Park-System-Advisory-Board-Report-Low-Resolution-2013-3-21-13.pdf)" In *2016 National Park System Advisory Board Report*. National Parks Service, 2016. - Nash, Jennifer and Bilmes, Linda J. ["](/file_url/146)[Engaged Scholarship: Perspectives from Outside the University](/sites/g/files/omnuum4996/files/2025-02/Engaged%20Scholarship%2C%20Perspectives%20From%20Outside%20The%20University.pdf "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.](/sites/g/files/omnuum4996/files/2025-02/Green%20Bonds%20and%20Land%20Conservation%20The%20Evolution%20of%20A%20New%20Financing%20Tool.pdf "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](/file_url/148), 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".](/file_url/152) *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…](https://research.hks.harvard.edu/publications/workingpapers/citation.aspx?PubId=8956) - Bilmes, Linda J. and Intrilligator, Michael. "[How Many Wars is the U.S. Fighting Today](/file_url/153)?" 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?](/file_url/154)". *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](http://esadepublic.esade.edu/posts/post/puntos-destacados-de-the-people-factor-strengthening-america-by-investing-in-public-service)["](http://www.esade.edu/public/modules.php?name=news&idnew=714&idissue=60) 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](/file_url/157)." 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.](https://www.newamerica.org/economic-growth/policy-papers/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."](/file_url/156) KSG Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP07-001, January 2007. (Presented at the ASSA meeting, 2007) - Bilmes, Linda J. "[Activity-Based Budgeting for Massachusetts.](/file_url/195) "*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.](/file_url/155)" 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](https://thehill.com/policy/defense/5963663-iran-war-cost-rising/amp/)." July 11, 2026. - Harvard Magazine, Five Questions. "[America’s National Parks Are a $56 Billion Economic Engine](https://www.harvardmagazine.com/five-questions/harvard-linda-bilmes-national-parks)." April 21, 2026. - On Point with Meghna Chakrabarti: "[The real cost of the war with Iran](https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2026/04/13/the-real-cost-of-the-war-with-iran)." WBUR. April 13. 2026 - International Relations & Security. "[Why is the war in Iran so expensive?](https://www.hks.harvard.edu/faculty-research/policy-topics/international-relations-security/why-war-iran-so-expensive)" Harvard Kennedy School Faculty Research. April 7, 2026. - The Boston Globe, Opinion. "[The real cost of the war with Iran](https://www.bostonglobe.com/2026/03/10/opinion/cost-iran-war/#selection-1213.0-1245.10)." ([PDF](https://lbilmes.scholars.harvard.edu/sites/g/files/omnuum4996/files/2026-03/Bilmes%20Opinion%20_%20How%20much%20will%20the%20Iran%20war%20cost_.pdf)) March 10, 2026. - Bilmes, Linda J. The Boston Globe, Opinion. "[Trump is squandering the nation's soft power](/sites/g/files/omnuum4996/files/2025-07/L%20Bilmes%20Opinion_Trump%20is%20squandering%20the%20nation%27s%20soft%20power.pdf "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.](https://www.hks.harvard.edu/faculty-research/policy-topics/democracy-governance/analyzing-doge-actions-one-month-trumps-second#bilmes)" Harvard Kennedy School. February 19, 2025. - Bilmes, Linda J. "[Elon Musk is right: Let's ditch the penny](/sites/g/files/omnuum4996/files/2025-02/Bilmes%2C%20Linda_Elon%20Musk%20is%20right%2C%20it%27s%20time%20to%20kill%20the%20penny_2.3.25_0.pdf "Elon Musk is right, it's time to kill 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.](https://theconversation.com/commerce-oversees-everything-from-weather-and-salmon-to-trade-and-census-here-are-3-challenges-awaiting-new-secretary-248087)" The Conversation. January 28, 2025 - Bilmes, Linda J. "[What awaits the Department of Government Efficiency?](https://www.hks.harvard.edu/faculty-research/policy-topics/public-finance/what-awaits-department-government-efficiency-hks#linda-blimes)" 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?](https://www.bostonglobe.com/2024/07/11/opinion/us-history-reparations-civil-rights-act/?p1=Article_Feed_ContentQuery&p1=Article_Feed_ContentQuery)" ([PDF](/file_url/234)) The Boston Globe. July 11, 2024 - Linda J. Bilmes and Cornell William Brooks. "[Paying Reparations is Possible](https://theconversation.com/paying-reparations-for-slavery-is-possible-based-on-a-study-of-federal-compensation-to-farmers-fishermen-coal-miners-radiation-victims-and-70-other-groups-232675 )" 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)](https://publicadministration.desa.un.org/blog/transforming-insurance-industry-combat-climate-change-induced-poverty-and-accelerate) - 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](https://publicadministration.desa.un.org/blog/times-multiple-crises-keep-your-eye-public-money) - Bilmes, Linda J. "[The 'Ghost Budget': How America Pays for Endless War.](https://www.justsecurity.org/90907/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](https://www.hks.harvard.edu/faculty-research/policy-topics/public-finance/simply-not-driving-cliff-linda-bilmes-says-latest)." June 2023 - [The United States pays reparations every day—just not to Black America | Harvard Kennedy School](https://www.hks.harvard.edu/faculty-research/policycast/us-pays-reparations-every-day-just-not-black-america) - Bilmes, Linda J. "Why is Federal Spending So Hard to Cut? Debt Ceiling Fights will only be solved by Budget Reform." Brookings Institution FixGov. . April 27, 2023. - Bilmes, Linda J. "I helped balance the federal budget in the 1990s" 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](/file_url/224)." Boston Globe. February 23, 2022. - Bilmes, Linda J., and Lawrence, Natasha "[5 steps Boston can take to increase diversity](/file_url/216) " Boston Globe. September 30, 2021. - Bilmes, Linda J. "[Where did the $5tn spent on Afghanistan and Iraq go? Here's where](https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/sep/11/us-afghanistan-iraq-defense-spending)." The Guardian. September 11, 2021. - Bilmes, Linda J. "[Putting a dollar value on nature will governments and businesses more reason to protect it](https://theconversation.com/putting-a-dollar-value-on-nature-will-give-governments-and-businesses-more-reasons-to-protect-it-153968)." The Conversation. May 11, 2021. - Bilmes, Linda J., and Bourdeaux, Margaret. "[Massachusetts should pay people to quarantine](https://www.bostonglobe.com/2021/03/03/opinion/massachusetts-should-pay-people-quarantine/)" *Boston Globe*. March 3, 2021. - Bilmes, Linda. Interview, The Impact of the Great American Outdoors Act**,** *Harvard Gazette*, July 27, 2020. - Bilmes, Linda J. "[Who is rescuing America's national parks? Trump](https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/07/27/opinion/who-is-rescuing-americas-national-parks-trump/)" *Boston Globe*. July 27, 2020 - Bilmes, Linda J. "[A Perfect Fiscal Storm of Revenue Shortfalls for Cities and Towns](https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/06/25/opinion/perfect-fiscal-storm-revenue-shortfalls-cities-towns/)" *Boston Globe*. June 25, 2020 - Bilmes, Linda J. "[The Rainy Day Is Here](https://www.hks.harvard.edu/faculty-research/policy-topics/public-leadership-management/how-covid-19-has-changed-public-policy)" Harvard Faculty Short Papers. June 24, 2020 - Bilmes, Linda "[The importance of subnational governments](https://publicadministration.un.org/en/home/blog)" 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](https://www.hks.harvard.edu/faculty-research/policy-topics/development-economic-growth/dissecting-coronavirus-economic-impact)" 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](https://theconversation.com/the-trump-administration-has-made-the-us-less-ready-for-infectious-disease-outbreaks-like-coronavirus-130983)" The Conversation. February 3, 2020 - Bilmes, Linda J., and Loomis, John B.. "[Our national parks are in crisis. Trump's solution is absurd](https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2019-12-02/opinion-its-easy-to-dismiss-a-trump-administration-plan-for-national-parks-but-the-parks-are-in-crisis)" Los Angeles Times. December 2, 2019 - Bilmes, Linda J., Monge, Fernando., and de Jong, Jorrit. "[Can policymakers repeat Bilbao's success?](https://apolitical.co/solution_article/bilbao-was-built-on-innovation-can-we-repeat-the-miracle/)" Apolitical. August 7, 2019 - Bilmes, Linda J. "[Roundtable on Taxing Wars: The American Way of War Finance and the Decline of American Democracy](https://issforum.org/roundtables/10-32-taxing)" 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](https://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/2019/06/24/war-with-iran-will-cost-more-than-iraq-and-afghanistan-wars/UUgyzCks04HgvbvCjAsPKN/story.html)" *Boston Globe*. June 24, 2019 - Bilmes, Linda J., and Gould, W. Scott. "[The Ripple Effects of the U.S. Government Shutdown](https://www.barrons.com/articles/the-u-s-government-shutdowns-ripple-effects-51548167931)." *Barron's*. January 22, 2019 - Bilmes, Linda J. "[To avoid government shutdowns, fix the budget process](https://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/2019/01/07/avoid-government-shutdowns-fix-budget-process/jFkhPFfyzXmuZVhvon2BVL/story.html?s_campaign=8315)['](https://t.co/aKVm3pMEyc)" *Boston Globe*. January 7, 2019 - Bilmes, Linda J. "[The cataclysmic cost of Trump's 'war on oceans'](https://t.co/aKVm3pMEyc)" *Boston Globe*. July 26, 2018 - Bilmes, Linda J. "[Trump is breaking the environment beyond repair](https://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/2018/02/20/trump-breaking-environment-beyond-repair/sc8Kg39ehzrMCh7jBKNtlJ/story.html?platform=hootsuite)." *Boston Globe*. February 20, 2018 - Bilmes, Linda J. "[Congress' budget dysfunction is more than 4 decades in the making.](https://theconversation.com/congress-budget-dysfunction-is-more-than-4-decades-in-the-making-91367)" *The Conversation*. February 9, 2018 - Bilmes, Linda J. "[On Veteran's Day, let's honor the promises we've made to veterans](https://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/2017/11/09/veterans-day-let-honor-promises-made-veterans/4WAnxCioQAQOYuj7UCu2fN/story.html)". *Boston Globe*. March 2, 2017 - Bilmes, Linda J**.** The bill for America's Longest War is still unpaid. *The Fiscal Times*, May 27, 2017 - Bilmes, Linda J. "[Trump's proposed defense splurge flunks basic math](http://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/2017/03/02/higher-defense-spending-and-lower-taxes-doesn-add/Pp2aXEaAwCotgJrHiRifGI/story.html?s_campaign=8315)". Boston Globe. March 2, 2017 - Bilmes, Linda J. "[The $5 trillion wars](http://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/2016/10/17/the-trillion-wars/uPVfSuDutnTZl5fIQ7YllK/story.html?s_campaign=8315)". Boston Globe. October 17, 2016 - Bilmes, Linda J., and Shafroth, William. "[A Centennial--And Uncertain Future--For America's National Parks](http://www.wbur.org/cognoscenti/2016/08/11/funding-the-future-of-americas-national-parks-linda-j-bilmes-and-will-shafroth). Cognoscenti, WBUR National Public Radio. August 11, 2016 - Bilmes, Linda J. ["Invest in America's Parks"](http://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/2016/07/12/invest-america-parks/q68UQE5og6AnLPdmsT25RJ/story.html) Boston Globe. July 13, 2016 - Bilmes, Linda J. "[Americans think national parks are worth US$92 billion, but we don't fund them accordingly](https://theconversation.com/americans-think-national-parks-are-worth-us-92-billion-but-we-dont-fund-them-accordingly-57617)" The Conversation. July 10, 2016 - Bilmes, Linda J. ["Congress Should Hold Hearings on Obama's Budget" ](https://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/editorials/2016/03/03/congress-should-hold-hearings-obama-budget/1CoUrqgsyP1wjCdeBhuQYI/story.html)Boston Globe. March 4, 2016 - Bilmes, Linda J. ["A Trust Fund for Veterans" Democracy: A Journal of Ideas](http://democracyjournal.org/magazine/39/a-trust-fund-for-veterans/), Winter 2016 (39), January 6, 2016 - Bilmes, Linda J. "[Uproar over Hilary Clinton's e-mails misses the point"](https://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/editorials/2015/09/09/forget-hillary-mails-there-such-thing-top-secret/l0ycLDB32JM4J3YGpPttHN/story.html). Boston Globe. September 9, 2015 - 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. "[A Call for A National Strategy on Veterans](http://cognoscenti.wbur.org/2014/11/11/veterans-day-linda-bilmes#.VGIk7RZnrv4.email)." Cognoscenti, WBUR National Public Radio. November 11, 2014 - 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 US 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 Therein Lies the Problem](http://cognoscenti.wbur.org/2014/07/08/va-scandal-linda-bilmes)". 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](http://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/2014/03/22/boots-budget/p3AAE82AtRZ9qyEjrbK2eI/story.html)." Boston Globe. 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 Daley, William. " [With Healthcare.gov, the government's bad management skills are showing again.](https://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. "G[iving Margaret Thatcher the Feminist Cred She Deserved-And Would have Hated](https://www.wbur.org/cognoscenti/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 Bilmes, Linda J. "[There will be no peace dividend after Afghanistan"](/file_url/145). Financial Times. January 23, 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, November 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)". Cognoscenti, 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)' ". New York Times. September 9, 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., Chodos, Shelby. "Where the New Deal meets Reaganomics." 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. " [Where the New Deal meets Reaganomics](https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/want-to-stimulate-the-economy-lets-hand-cash-directly-to-the-states/2012/06/29/gJQAspVMCW_story.html?utm_term=.cb4bccd7fe66)." The Washington Post. July 1, 2012 - Bilmes, Linda J. " [What have we learned from Iraq?"](http://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/editorials/2011/12/07/what-have-learned/U1TxqUbdMj0FgiXyl2DyUP/story.html?p1=Bcom_ArticleStub_LogIn). The Boston Globe. December 7, 2011 - Bilmes, Linda J. "[America's Costly War Machine](http://articles.latimes.com/2011/sep/18/opinion/la-oe--bilmes-war-cost-20110918)". Los Angeles Times. September 18, 2011 - Bilmes, Linda J. "[US response to 9/11 contributed to causes of current debt crisis".](http://www.csmonitor.com/Commentary/Opinion/2011/0908/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."](https://hbr.org/2011/07/what-the-us-government-can-lea) Harvard Business Review, July 29, 2011 - Bilmes, Linda J. "[True Accountability"](http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2011/05/08/how-to-cut-the-military/the-military-budget-needs-a-true-accountability-assessment). 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."](http://archive.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2011/04/27/costly_inheritance/) The Boston Globe. April 27, 2011 - Bilmes, Linda J. "[U.S. Budget woes more than just a math problem](http://articles.latimes.com/2010/dec/13/opinion/la-oe-bilmes-budget-20101213)". Los Angeles Times. December 13, 2010 - Stiglitz, J. and Bilmes, Linda J.. "[The true cost of the Iraq War: $3 Trillion and Beyond"](http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/09/03/AR2010090302200.html). The Washington Post. September 5, 2010 - Bilmes, Linda J. "[Iraq wars winds down, but costs soar"](http://www.sfgate.com/opinion/article/Iraq-war-winds-down-but-costs-soar-3177702.php). San Francisco Chronicle. August 15, 2010 - Bilmes, Linda J. and Stier, Max. "[Freeze on Federal Jobs Won't Reduce Spending](http://archive.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2010/02/10/freeze_on_federal_jobs_wont_reduce_spending/)". The Boston Globe. February 10, 2010 - Bilmes, Linda J. and Day, Rosemarie. "[The Cost of Not Enacting Health Care Reform".](http://archive.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2009/11/07/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"](http://articles.latimes.com/2009/jul/02/opinion/oe-bilmes2). 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". ](http://archive.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2009/04/15/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](http://harpers.org/archive/2009/01/the-10-trillion-hangover/)." Harper's, January 2009 - Bilmes, Linda J. "[As Creditors Get Edgy, US Keeps Spending"](http://archive.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2008/11/09/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?](http://www.latimes.com/world/middleeast/la-oe-bilmes15-2008aug15-story.html)" Los Angeles Times. August 15, 2008 - Bilmes, Linda J. ["Iraq's 100 Year Mortgage."](http://foreignpolicy.com/2009/10/09/iraqs-100-year-mortgage/) Foreign Policy. March/April 2008 - Bilmes, Linda J. and Stiglitz, Joseph. ["The $3 Trillion War."](http://www.vanityfair.com/news/2008/04/stiglitz200804?currentPage=all&printable=true) Vanity Fair, April 2008 - Bilmes, Linda J. and Stiglitz, J.E. "[There is no such thing as a war for free."](http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2008-03-20/news/0803190899_1_spending-for-military-operations-costs-iraq) The Chicago Tribune. March 20, 2008 - Bilmes, Linda J. "[The Cost of War.](http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2008/3/18/the-cost-of-war-when-i/)" 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](http://articles.latimes.com/2008/mar/16/opinion/op-bilmes16)". Los Angeles Times. March 16, 2008 - Bilmes, Linda J. "[Another year, another $300 billion](http://archive.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2008/03/16/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](http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/07/AR2008030702846.html)." Washington Post.com. March 9, 2008 - Bilmes, Linda J. "[Soldiers trapped in limbo](http://scholar.harvard.edu/Soldiers%20trapped%20in%20limbo)". The Boston Globe, March 21, 2007 - Bilmes, Linda J. "[The battle of Iraq's wounded.](/file_url/144)" Los Angeles Times. January 5, 2007 - Bilmes, Linda J. and Stiglitz, Joseph. [The Economic Cost of Iraq War](https://www.hks.harvard.edu/fs/lbilmes/paper/StiglitsBilmesCostofWarMIR1006.pdf)." Milken Institute Review, 4th Qtr., October 2006 - Bilmes, Linda J. ["Ask This: Total economic cost of the war in Iraq: One to two trillion dollars."](http://www.niemanwatchdog.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=ask_this.view&askthisid=00235) *Nieman Watchdog,* September 2006. - Bilmes, Linda J. and W. Scott Gould. [ "New Book Looks at What College Students are Thinking about Government Jobs." ](http://www.fedmanagers.org/Public/fedmanager.cfm)*Federal Manager Magazine,* April 2006. - Bilmes, Linda J. and Stiglitz, J. "[War's Stunning Price Tag](http://articles.latimes.com/2006/jan/17/opinion/oe-bilmes17)." Los Angeles Times. January 17, 2006 - Bilmes, Linda J. and Gould, Scott W. "[Getting the Federal Workers We Need."](http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/08/30/AR2005083001551.html) Washington Post. August 31, 2005 - Bilmes, Linda J. "[Uncle Same Really Wants Usted](http://articles.latimes.com/2005/aug/21/opinion/oe-bilmes21)." Los Angeles Times. August 21, 2005 - Bilmes, Linda J. "[The Trillion-Dollar War."](http://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/20/opinion/the-trilliondollar-war.html?_r=0) 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." ](http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/prem/200512/deficit) *Atlantic Monthly*, December 2005. - Bilmes, Linda J. "[Civil Service Has Morphed into U.S. Inc."](http://articles.latimes.com/2004/jul/18/opinion/op-bilmes18) Los Angeles Times. July 18, 2004 - Bilmes, Linda J. "[The Truth About the Regan Deficits](http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/washingtonpost/doc/409610386.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Feb%2010,%202004&author=Linda%20Bilmes&pub=The%20Washington%20Post&edition=&startpage=A.23&desc=The%20Truth%20About%20the%20Reagan%20Deficits)." 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.](/file_url/143)" Financial Times. November 26, 2001 - Bilmes, Linda J. "[Wise Tending in the Jobs Garden](/file_url/142)." *Financial Times.* November 26, 1996 #### **CONGRESSIONAL TESTIMONY** - [November 8, 2017- Congressional testimony on Post-9/11 war costs- "The Credit Card Wars: Post-9/11 War Funding Policy in Historical Perspective"](http://watson.brown.edu/costsofwar/files/cow/imce/papers/2017/Linda%20J%20Bilmes%20_Credit%20Card%20Wars%20FINAL.pdf) - [July 10, 2013- Testimony on the "Budget for All" Resolutions S. 1750 and H. 3211. Massachusetts State Legislature](http://www.hks.harvard.edu/fs/lbilmes/TestimonyLJBilmes%20%20budgetforamerica.pdf) - [September 30, 2010 - Testimony before the US House of Representatives Veterans Affairs Committee](https://veterans.house.gov/hearing-transcript/the-true-cost-of-the-war) - [February 13, 2008 - Testimony before the US House of Representatives Veterans Affairs Committee - Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs](/file_url/132) - [October 24, 2007 - Testimony before the US House of Representatives Committee on the Budget - "The Growing Budgetary Costs of the Iraq War"](/file_url/133) - [May 23, 2007 - Testimony before the US House of Representatives - Veterans Affairs Committee - VA Claims Roundtable Hearing](/file_url/134) - [March 13, 2007 - Testimony before the US House of Representatives - Veterans Affairs Committee - Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs](/file_url/135) - [October 5, 2005 - Testimony with W. Scott Gould before the US House of Representatives - Committee on Government Reform - Subcommittee on the Federal Workforce and Agency Organization](/file_url/137) #### **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](/sites/g/files/omnuum4996/files/2025-05/Kristof%20Opinon_In%20Yemen%20%247%20Billion%20in%20Useless%20Bombing%20-%20The%20New%20York%20Times.pdf "NYT Opinion "The $7 Billion We Wasted Bombing a Country We Couldn't Find on a Map." ")." May 17, 2025. - Wallethub. "[Budget Percentages.](https://wallethub.com/edu/b/budget-percentages/145359#expert=Linda_Bilmes)" March 5, 2025. - Business Insider. "[A report card for Elon: how management experts grade the first six weeks of DOGE.](https://africa.businessinsider.com/politics/a-report-card-for-elon-how-management-experts-grade-the-first-six-weeks-of-doge/z08hgcf)" March 4, 2025 #### **TEACHING CASES** **(For copies of teaching notes, please contact HKS SLATE OFFICE)** - [Dan Doctoroff and the Power of Collaboration: Target ALS Accelerates the Race Against a Deadly Disease (Case)](/resource/dan-doctoroff-case "Dan Doctoroff (CASE)") - [Dan Doctoroff and the Power of Collaboration (Teaching Note)](/resource/dan-doctoroff-and-power-collaboration-teaching-note "Dan Doctoroff and the Power of Collaboration (Teaching Note) ") - [The Bilbao Effect: The Collaborative Architecture that Powered Bilbao's Urban Revival (and Teaching Note)](https://www.cityleadership.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/migrate/BHCLI_Bilbao_0001TC.pdf?cid=1393) - [The St. Xavier Healing Touch Hospital (and Teaching Note)](https://case.hks.harvard.edu/the-st-xavier-healing-touch-hospital/) - [Walter Reed National Military Medical Center (A): Vice Admiral John Mateczun and JTF CapMed](https://case.hks.harvard.edu/walter-reed-national-military-medical-center-vice-admiral-john-mateczun-and-jtf-capmed-a/) - [Walter Reed National Military Medical Center (A): VADM John Mateczun and JTF CapMed Teaching Note](https://case.hks.harvard.edu/walter-reed-national-military-medical-center-vice-admiral-john-mateczun-and-jtf-capmed-a/) - [Walter Reed National Military Medical Center (B): Integrating Army and Navy Cultures at the New Walter Reed](https://case.hks.harvard.edu/walter-reed-national-military-medical-center-integrating-army-and-navy-cultures-at-the-new-walter-reed-b/) - [Walter Reed National Military Medical Center (B): Integrating Army and Navy Cultures at the New Walter Reed Teaching Note](https://case.hks.harvard.edu/walter-reed-national-military-medical-center-integrating-army-and-navy-cultures-at-the-new-walter-reed-b/) - [Walter Reed National Military Medical Center (Epilogue): JTF CapMed: Three Years Later](https://case.hks.harvard.edu/walter-reed-national-military-medical-center-vice-admiral-john-mateczun-and-jtf-capmed-a-epilogue/) - [Walter Reed National Military Medical Center (Video Supplement)](https://case.hks.harvard.edu/walter-reed-national-military-medical-center-integrating-army-and-navy-cultures-at-the-new-walter-reed-b/) - [The Toliza Museum of Art (and teaching note)](https://case.hks.harvard.edu/the-toliza-museum-of-art/) - [Kalamazoo Zoo (and teaching note)](https://case.hks.harvard.edu/kalamazoo-zoo/) - [Municipal Decentralization in Buenos Aires: Creating the Municipality of Hurlingham](https://case.hks.harvard.edu/municipal-decentralization-in-buenos-aires-creating-the-municipality-of-hurlingham/) [(and Sequel) Teaching Note](https://case.hks.harvard.edu/municipal-decentralization-in-buenos-aires-sequel/) - [City of Somerville: Using Activity-Based Budgeting to Improve Performance in the Somerville Traffic Unit ](https://case.hks.harvard.edu/city-of-somerville-using-activity-based-budgeting-to-improve-performance-in-the-somerville-traffic-unit/)(and teaching note) - The Bartlett School of Management Revisited (and Teaching Note)