Welcome to Professor Linda Bilmes' website. This
page contains links to
recent press coverage.
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Shan Carter and Amanda Cox for The New York Times. "One 9/11 Tally: $3.3 Trillion." September 8, 2011.
James Dao for The New York Times. "Cost of Treating Veterans Will Rise Long Past Wars." July 27, 2011
Dan Froomkin for the Huffington Post. "Reassessing the Cost of the Post-9/11 Era, Post Bin Laden." May 11, 2011.
Tim Fernholz and Jim Tankersley for The Atlantic. "The Cost of Bin Laden: $3 Trillion Over 15 Years." May 7, 2011.
Ezra Klein for The Washington Post. "Start Paying for War." March 25, 2011.
Ezra Klein for The Washington Post. "The Cost of Contracting." March 24, 2011.
Kevin J. Wu for The Harvard Crimson. "Address Long-Term Spending, Harvard Profs. Say." March 11, 2011.
Joe Davidson for The Washington Post. "A call to service, in Kennedy's memory." January 20, 2011.
Matthew D. LaPlante for The Salt Lake Tribune. "100 year war: The growing expense of America's battles." December 30, 2010.
Leo Shane for Stars and Stripes. "Study: Wars could cost "$4 trillion to $6 trillion." September 29, 2010.
Shaun Waterman for The Washington Times. "War veterans' care to cost $1.3 trillion. September 29,2010.
Pauline Jelinek for the Associated Press and ABC News. "Study: vets' health costs could top $900 billion." September 29, 2010.
Tom Fox for The Washington Post. "High turnover: When everyone is jumping ship." July 2, 2010.
Paul C. Light for The Washington Post. "Who could best lead the GAO?" May 7, 2010.
McClatchy-Tribune News Service. "VA Laboring Under Surge of Wounded Veterans: Analysis." April 15, 2010. |
| Tim Jones and Jason Grotto for Chicago Times. "Costs Soar for Compensating Veterans with Mental Disorders." April 12, 2010. |
| Bob Herbert for New York Times. "We Still Don’t Hear Him." April 2, 2010. |
| Government Executive.com. "GOP Lawmaker, Three Others in Mix for Comptroller General." March 24, 2010. |
Ed O'Keefe for The Washington Post. ""Op-ed knocks Scott Brown's comments on federal workers." February 10, 2010.
Michael Crowly for Reader's Digest. "How the Government is Failing Our Veterans." February, 2010. |
John Hanrahan for Nieman Watchdog. "Wars May End But Spending on Them Doesn’t." November 13, 2009.
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| Katharine Herrup for Newsweek. "Not a Walk in the Park." November 10, 2009. |
| Ottawa, Paris and Sydney for Economist. "Public-Service Careers: A Tough Search for Talent." October 30, 2009. |
| Bob Herbert for New York Times. "Reliving the Past." September 5, 2009. |
| Michael Levenson for Boston Globe. "Yoon Pushes for ZipCar Upgrade to City Fleet." June 3, 2009. |
| Laura Crimaldi for Boston Herald. "Boston's Gas Lamps Spark High Costs." May 10, 2009. |
| Laura Crimaldi for Boston Herald. "Harvard School Looks at Books and Says...Hey Tommy, You Can Fix This Mess." May 10, 2009. |
| Carlos Lozada for The Washington Post. "The Government's People Power Problem." April 5, 2009. |
| Brenda Pantoine for Annals of Neurology. "ANA Symposium Examines Costs, Lessons from Iraq Conflict." January 27, 2009. |
| Jessica Jannicelli for Neurology Reviews.com. " Neurologic Injuries and Neuropsychiatric Disorders Likely to Increase Long-Term Medical Costs for Veterans
." December 2008. |
| Colleen Walsh in Harvard Gazette. "HKS Students Will Help Out City of Boston." December 11, 2008. |
| Thomas Collins in Neurology Today. "The Economics of War — Vets with Mild Brain
Injuries Predicted to Incur Huge Government
Costs for Care." November 5, 2008. |
Scot Paltrow Condé Nast Portfolio.com (UK). "The Pentagon's $1 Trillion Problem." May, 2008. |
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Jonathan Steele in Guardian Unlimited (UK). "Counting the Cost." May 25, 2008. |
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Sam Leith in Telegraph (UK). "Joseph Stiglitz: The Three Trillion Dollar War." March 8, 2008. |
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Charles Taylor in Bloomberg.com. "Nobelist Stiglitz Tallies Iraq War's Outrageous Cost: Review." March 4, 2008. |
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Bob Herbert in The New York Times. "The $2 Trillion Nightmare." March 4, 2008 (LexisNexis login required). |
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Aida Edemariam in The Guardian. "The True Cost of War." February 28, 2008. |
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Joseph Stiglitz and Linda Bilmes in The Times (London): "The Three Trillion Dollar War:
The Cost of the Iraq and Afghanistan Conflicts Gave Grown to Staggering Proportions." February 23, 2008. |
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John Tepper Marlin in The Huffington Post: "Why Estimates of the Cost of the War
in Iraq Have Been Rising." November 25, 2007. |
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Michael Isikoff and Jamie Reno in Newsweek. "How Do You Fund a War, But Not the Casualties?" October 29, 2007. |
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Stella M. Hopkins in The Charlotte Observer: "Veterans with Severe Ailments
Face Long Waits for Care." October 21, 2007. |
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Rick Maze in Navy
Times. "Nicholson Backs New Benefits
Claims System." July 26, 2007. |
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Richard Paddock in
Los Angeles Times. "Antiwar Speakers
on Campus are Lecturers, Not Students, This
Time." July 5, 2007. |
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Newshour with Jim Lehrer:
"Long-term Costs of War." May 22, 2007. |
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Joshua Kors in The
Nation. “How Specialist Town Lost His
Benefits.” April 9, 2007. |
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Rick Maze in Marine
Corps Times. "VA Alienating
Generation, Disabled Vets Warn." March
21, 2007. |
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Matt Crenson in
Boston Globe. “Costliness of the War is
Subject to Debate.” March 17, 2007. |
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Matt Crenson for Associated Press. “Cost for Iraq War Reaches
$500 Billion.” March 16, 2007. |
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Hope Yen in the Boston
Globe. “Backlogs in Disability Claims Seen
Stretching Veterans Affairs to Limit.” March
14, 2007. |
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John Holusha in the New
York Times. “Veterans’ Programs Overwhelmed,
Panel is Told.” March 13, 2007. |
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Hope Yen in USA Today. “Probe: VA Not Doing Enough for Iraq Vets.”
March 13, 2007. |
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Charles Sennott in the
Boston Globe. “Straining to Keep a Promise.”
March 11, 2007. |
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Nick Timiraos in The
Wall Street Journal. “Wounded Warriors at
Walter Reed.”March 10, 2007. |
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Dan Ephron and Sarah
Childress in Newsweek. “Forgotten Heroes.”
March 5, 2007. |
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Lynette Clemetson in
the New York Times. “Focus is on Veterans’
Chief as Inquiries on Care Begin.” March 5,
2007. |
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Bill Glauber in
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. “The Iraq War
has Cost Each of Us $1,333 – So Far.”
February 6, 2007. |
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Cory Reiss in
Hendersonville News. “Vets May Slip in
Disability Battle.” February 11, 2007. |
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Reuters in The Boston
Globe. “Care for U.S. Veterans Could Cost
$662 Billion – Study.” February 2, 2007. |
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Richard Wolf in USA
Today. “Researchers Weigh War’s Other
Costs.” January 30, 2007. |
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Scott Jaschik in Inside
Higher Ed. “Shooting the Messenger.” January
30, 2007. |
| Denise Grady in
New York Times. "Agency Says Higher Casualty
Total Was Posted in Error." January 30, 2007. |
| Stephen Koff in
Cleveland Plain Dealer. "Injury count in
Iraq disputed." January 28, 2007. |
| David Leonhardt in
New York Times, Business Day. "What $1.2
Trillion Can Buy." January 17, 2007. |
| David Leonhardt in
International Herald Tribune. "Cost of Iraq
war ($1.2 trillion) Changes Economic
Perspectives." January 16, 2007. |
| Ron Scherer in Christian Science Monitor. "How US is
deferring war costs." January 16, 2007. |
| Editorial in Boston Globe. "Congressional Casualties."
January 16, 2007 |
| Rob Waters in Bloomberg. "More injured Soldiers
Survive Than Before." January 15, 2007. |
| Nicholas D.
Kristof in New York Times. "An Escalation of
American Blood." January 9, 2007. |
| Christian B. Flow
in The Harvard Crimson. "Veteran Care Could
Cost $700 Billion." January 8, 2007. |
| O'Ryan Johnson in
Boston Herald. "Study: Number of Wounded
Veterans Could Cripple VA." |
| United Press
International. "Veteran Health Care Could
Exceed $700B." January 6, 2007. |
| John Cochran in CQ
Weekly. "The Fog of War Costs" January 1,
2007. |
| Robert Scheer in
San Francisco Chronicle. "The Real Menace."
December 27, 2006. |
| Reports from
Truthdiggers.com. "Truthdiggers of the
Week: Joseph Stiglitz and Linda Bilmes."
December 23, 2006. |
| Lou Dobbs on CNN.
"Dobbs: Our Leaders are Ducking Reality on
Iraq." December 6, 2006. |
| Dave Montgomery
and Kevin G. Hall in Star-Telegram
Washington Bureau; McClatchy Newspapers. "$500 billion and counting." December 6, 2006. |
| CNN "In the Money"
on November 30, 2006. |
| ABC World News
Tonight on the cost of Iraq war on November
19, 2006. |
| Nicholas D.
Kristof in New York Times. "Iraq and Your
Wallet." October 24, 2006. |
| Robyn Blumner in
St. Petersburg newspaper: "Cost of
Bush's War: Just Keep Adding Zeros."
October 1, 2006. |
| Chris Farrell, Business Week. "September 11's
Economic Legacy." September 10, 2006. |
| Jon E. Hilsenrath and Liam Pleven in Wall Street
Journal. "Business as Usual; Economic
Fears After 9/11 Proved Mostly
Unfounded." September 9, 2006. |
| Robert J. Samuelson in Newsweek. "Terror's Economics:
New Political Divisions May Alter Global Ffinancial
Alliances." August 21-28,
2006. |
| Harvard Magazine article on Iraq War: "The 2-Trillion
Dollar War." May-June
issue, 2006. |
| Boston Globe article on Somerville: "The Model
City." May 14,
2006 |
| Economist article
on Iraq War: "Blood and
Treasure." April 8,
2006. |
| Harvard Gazette article on Somerville. "KSG Students
Help a City Balance Books." April 6, 2006. |
| Bob Hebert article
on Iraq War: "George Bush's
Trillion Dollar War." NY Times March
23, 2006. |
| Martin Wolf
article on Iraq War: "Failure to
Calculate the Cost of War." Financial
Times January 10, 2006. |
| Sally B. Donnelly in Time. "Iraq:
Counting the Costs." January
16, 2006. |
| Andrew Walker for BBC.
"US Economist Questions Iraq
Costs." January 9, 2006. |
| Tom Regan in Christian Science Monitor. "Report: Iraq War Costs Could Top $2
Trillion. New Study Ttakes into Account
Long-Term Costs of Healthcare for Wounded
Soldiers." January 10, 2006. |
| Harvard Gazette article on Hull. "KSG Students Help
Town Manage Future Floods." June 2, 2005. |
| Commonwealth
Magazine article on Somerville:
"Harvard Students Help Somerville
Revamp its Budgeting Process." Winter 2005. |
