Press Coverage
- Harvard Magazine feature on Linda Bilmes and Cornell Brooks research on slavery reparations: https://www.harvardmagazine.com/2022/11/right-now-reparations-for-slavery
- Jim Braude. "The GI Bill was one of the worst racial injustices of the 20th century. Congress can fix it. " Greater Boston Live. February 24, 2022
- Suzanne Gordon. "A September 11 Reckoning: Calculating the Full Cost of War." American Prospect. September 9, 2021
- Khaleda Rahman. "Cost Of Caring For Post-9/11 War Veterans Could Reach $2.5 Trillion By 2050—Report." Newsweek. August 24, 2021
- Leo Shane. "Cost of caring for Iraq, Afghanistan vets could top $2.5 trillion." Military Times. August 18, 2021
- Rachel Layne. "Americans could owe $6.5 trillion for wars in Afghanistan and Iraq — and that's just the interest." CBS News & World Report. August 18, 2021
- Ellen Knickmeyer. "The cost of the Afghanistan war, in lives and dollars." Associated Press & Washington Post. July 12, 2021
- Harvard Gazette. "Harvard students give back to the Greater Boston community." June 24, 2021
- Melanie Mason. "Gusher of stimulus funds a gift for governors like Newsom." Los Angeles Times. May 15, 2021
- Harvard Kennedy School. "How will the stimulus package aid state and local governments?" March 12, 2021
- Into Practice. "Engaging with course material and serving communities at the same time." Harvard Office of the Vice Provost for Advances in Learning. November 2, 2020
- The Economist. "Giving up on politics is tempting, it is also risky." October 24, 2020
- Zoe Bernard. "The unsexy, abject aspect of national forests only obtained critical backing." Daily Research Scoop. August 9, 2020
- Mark Kaufman. "The unsexiest parts of national parks just got critical $$$." Mashable. August 6, 2020
- Dan Harsha. "The biggest land conservation legislation in a generation." Harvard Gazette. July 27, 2020
- Joseph Stiglitz. "In a time of coronavirus, government is the solution to our problem" Market Watch. March, 10 2020
- Gillian Tett. "Coronavirus shows risk of Trump cuts to health spending" Financial Times. February 6, 2020
- Bill Lucia. "Measuring the Cost of a State's Car Economy" Route Fifty. January 24, 2020
- Juan Siliezar. "Massachusetts' car economy costs $64 billion, study finds." Harvard Gazette. January 24, 2020
- Nestor Ramos. "The Massachusetts car economy is costing us $64 billion a year, and we barely notice it." Boston Globe. December 13, 2019
- Kurt Repanshek. "Professors Propose Strategies For Improving National Park Service's Fiscal Condition," National Parks Traveler. October 27, 2019
- Alvin Powell. "National parks' economic benefits put at over $100B anually." Harvard Gazette. September 23, 2019
- Jennifer Robinson, VA: The Human Cost Of War. KPBS. November 9, 2017
- Stephanie Savell, Credit-card Wars: How America's wars fund inequality at home. Salon.com. June 30, 2018
- Nik DeCosta-Klipa. Why people are comparing the Republican tax bill to a Christmas tree. Boston.com. December 19, 2017
- Uri Friedman. Fighting Terrorism With A Credit Card. The Atlantic. September 12, 2016
- Julia Hanna. Pricing Paradise. Harvard Business School: Alumni. September 1, 2016
- Oliver Milman. "The political crusades targeting national parks for drilling and exploitation". Guardian. August 23, 2016
- The Conversation. "Americans Value National Parks, but Funding is Lacking" U.S. News and World Report. August 19, 2016
- Alvin Powell. "National Parks at a turning point" Harvard Gazette. August 16, 2016
- Bouree Lam. "How much are America's National Parks worth?" The Atlantic. July 19, 2016
- Kelley Malcolm. "Study: Americans think their National Parks are worth $92 Billion" Nonprofit Quarterly. July 5, 2016
- Audrey Peterman. "Americans: Our Crown Jewel National Park System Worth $92 BILLION to us!" The Huffington Post. July 4, 2016
- Julie Hanna. "The Value Added of National Parks". Harvard Kennedy School Magazine. June 2016
- Harvard Kennedy School. "National Park Foundation Announces Study Determining Value of America's National Parks to be $92 Billion". June 30, 2016
- Kelly Close. "National Parks are worth $92 Billion to Americans". Money Magazine. June 30, 2016
- David Migoya. "National Parks are worth $92 billion, study says". The Denver Post. June 30, 2016
- Tariq Ali. "Corbyn's Progress." London Review of Books. March 3, 2016
- Peter Beinart. "America Is Too Broke to Rescue Ukraine." The Atlantic. March 17, 2014.
- Steven R. Watros. "IOP Panelists Fault Partisan Politics, Tea Party Influence for Government Shutdown." The Harvard Crimson. October 2, 2013.
- Robert O'Neill. "Counting the Costs of War." Impact: Research from Harvard Kennedy School. Summer 2013.
- Kerry Young. "Grim Echoes of Iraq, Afghanistan in Veterans Policies." Roll Call. July 5, 2013.
- Michael Guerriero. "The Number: $44.6 Billion." The New Yorker. May 24, 2013.
- Glaeser, Edward L. "A bridge to East Boston - via ferry." The Boston Globe. May 16, 2013.
- James Fallows for The Atlantic. "Paying the Costs of Iraq, for Decades to Come." March 29, 2013.
- Alan Zarembo for the Los Angeles Times. "Cost of Iraq, Afghanistan wars will keep mounting," March 29, 2013.
- Foon Rhee for The Sacramento Bee. "Our debt to veterans comes with a pricetag." March 29, 2013.
- Danielle Kurtzleben for U.S. News. "The Total Iraq and Afghanistan Pricetag: Over $4 Trillion." March 28, 2013.
- Matthew Yglesias for Slate. "Iraq and Afghanistan will cost trillions in the future." March 28, 2013.
- Ernesto Londono for The Washington Post. "Iraq, Afghan Wars will cost to $4 trillion, to $6 trillion, Harvard Study says." March 28, 2013.
- Colleen Walsh for Harvard Gazette. "How to sidestep sequestration." February 19, 2013.
- Linda J. Bilmes for The Guardian. "Somerville: the city where policies are based on how happy they make people." December 13, 2012.
- Linda J. Bilmes for Footnote1. "Caring for America's New Generation of Veterans." August 16, 2012.
- 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.
- 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.
- Jonathan Steele in Guardian Unlimited (UK). "Counting the Cost." May 25, 2008.
- Sam Leith in Telegraph (UK). "Joseph Stiglitz: The Three Trillion Dollar War." March 8, 2008.
- Charles Taylor in Bloomberg.com. "Nobelist Stiglitz Tallies Iraq War's Outrageous Cost: Review." March 4, 2008.
- Bob Herbert in The New York Times. "The $2 Trillion Nightmare." March 4, 2008 (LexisNexis login required).
- Aida Edemariam in The Guardian. "The True Cost of War." February 28, 2008.
- 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.
- John Tepper Marlin in The Huffington Post: "Why Estimates of the Cost of the War in Iraq Have Been Rising." November 25, 2007.
- Michael Isikoff and Jamie Reno in Newsweek. "How Do You Fund a War, But Not the Casualties?" October 29, 2007.
- Stella M. Hopkins in The Charlotte Observer: "Veterans with Severe Ailments Face Long Waits for Care." October 21, 2007.
- Rick Maze in Navy Times. "Nicholson Backs New Benefits Claims System." July 26, 2007.
- Richard Paddock in Los Angeles Times. "Antiwar Speakers on Campus are Lecturers, Not Students, This Time." July 5, 2007.
- Newshour with Jim Lehrer: "Long-term Costs of War." May 22, 2007.
- Joshua Kors in The Nation. “How Specialist Town Lost His Benefits.” April 9, 2007.
- Rick Maze in Marine Corps Times. "VA Alienating Generation, Disabled Vets Warn." March 21, 2007.
- Matt Crenson in Boston Globe. “Costliness of the War is Subject to Debate.” March 17, 2007.
- Matt Crenson for Associated Press. “Cost for Iraq War Reaches $500 Billion.” March 16, 2007.
- Hope Yen in the Boston Globe. “Backlogs in Disability Claims Seen Stretching Veterans Affairs to Limit.” March 14, 2007.
- John Holusha in the New York Times. “Veterans’ Programs Overwhelmed, Panel is Told.” March 13, 2007.
- Hope Yen in USA Today. “Probe: VA Not Doing Enough for Iraq Vets.” March 13, 2007.
- Charles Sennott in the Boston Globe. “Straining to Keep a Promise.” March 11, 2007.
- Nick Timiraos in The Wall Street Journal. “Wounded Warriors at Walter Reed.”March 10, 2007.
- Dan Ephron and Sarah Childress in Newsweek. “Forgotten Heroes.” March 5, 2007.
- Lynette Clemetson in the New York Times. “Focus is on Veterans’ Chief as Inquiries on Care Begin.” March 5, 2007.
- Bill Glauber in Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. “The Iraq War has Cost Each of Us $1,333 – So Far.” February 6, 2007.
- Cory Reiss in Hendersonville News. “Vets May Slip in Disability Battle.” February 11, 2007.
- Reuters in The Boston Globe. “Care for U.S. Veterans Could Cost $662 Billion – Study.” February 2, 2007.
- Richard Wolf in USA Today. “Researchers Weigh War’s Other Costs.” January 30, 2007.
- 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.
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Commonwealth Magazine article on Somerville: "Harvard Students Help Somerville Revamp its Budgeting Process." Winter 2005.
Films, Radio and Video
- HKS Policycast Podcast: "Why our debates about what things cost are so flawed, and how to fix them." December 1, 2021
- The Problem With Jon Stewart Podcast "The Problem With War: You Break It You Buy It." October 7, 2021
- Policy Vets: The Podcast "The Long-Term Costs of United States Care for Veterans of the Afghanistan and Iraq Wars." Policy Vets. August 27, 2021
- A Time for Change "Harvard professor on the 'credit card wars' and the mounting costs of care for post-9/11 veterans." Yahoo Finance. August 24, 2021
- Harvard Kennedy School Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government "Restorative Justice: US Norms for Compensating Harms & Implications for African American Restitution." April 30, 2021
- Boston University Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future "Veterans of the Post-9/11 Wars: The Long-Term Costs of America’s Promise to Those Who Serve." April 29, 2021
- Harvard University Kennedy School of Government "Harvard Kennedy School Applied Field Lab Experience." April 8, 2021
- Steve Curwood, "Funding the National Parks, Finally," Living on Earth. August 7, 2020
- Lexi Krupp, "National Parks in Michigan need $50 million. A new law might help," Interlochen Public Radio. August 5, 2020
- Letters and Politics. "Letters and Politics – March 16, 2020," March 16, 2020
- Open Source with Christopher Lydon. "The Costs of War (with Rosella Zielinski, Neta Crawford, and Shamrin Mako)," WBUR. January 16, 2020
- Kurt Repanshek. "National Parks Traveler Episode 37: NPS's Fiscal Fitness, Rockets Over Cumberland Island, Death Valley Winter," National Parks Traveler Podcast. October 27, 2019
- Steve Curwood, "The Economic Value of the National Parks." Living on Earth. October 28, 2019
- Scott Tong, Federal deficit tops $1 trillion for the first time since 2012. Marketplace. September 13, 2019
- KCRW's To the Point with Walter Olney. "The shutdown highlights a broken system". January 25, 2018
- Harvard University Kennedy School of Government. "Somerville Resurgent". November 20, 2014
- Reinvent. "Seven Things Every American Should Know About Military Spending Post 9/11". December 6, 2015
- National Security Series. Brave New Filmes. June 18, 2015
- JTF CapMed. Walter Reed National Medical Center. August 2014 (Access code: JTF)
- KZYX Radio for All Takes On the World with Jeff Blankfort. "U.S. Wars to Cost $4-6 Trillion." April 10, 2013.
- C-SPAN, Washington Journal. "Cost of Iraq and Afghanistan Wars." April 8, 2013.
- One Harvard 2013. Faculty Alumni Panel. April 6. 2013
- Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. "Cost of the Iraq War." March 21, 2013.
- WBUR Radio Boston. "Can We Avoid the 'Fiscal Cliff'?" December 3, 2012.
- Harvard University Kennedy School of Government. "American Conversation Essentials: Linda Bilmes on the U.S. National Debt." October 12, 2012.
- Federal News Radio. "Feds See Success in Streamlining Complicated Hiring Process." September 19, 2012.
- Federal News Radio. "What Would a Second Term for President Obama Mean for Feds?" September 4, 2012.
- In Depth with Francis Rose. "How Would the Founders Envision the Civil Service Today?" May 14, 2012.
- National Academy of Public Administration and ICF International Roundtable Discussion. "How Would Publius Envision the Civil Service Today?" May 10, 2012
- Affordable World Securities Conference. "The Security We Are Getting: The Balance Between Traditional Defense and New Challenges." March 27-28, 2012.
- On Point with Tom Ashbrook. ""GAO: Duplications, Waste Cost Taxpayers." March 3, 2011.
- The Takeaway with John Hockenberry. "U.S. Deficit Projected to Reach 9 Trillion." August 25, 2009.
- Talk Radio News Service with Jay Goodman Tamboli. "Critical Government Programs Endangered by Staffing Crisis." April 16, 2009.
- On Point with Tom Ashbrook. "The Economic Handoff." January 15, 2009.
- Democracy Now! "Linda Bilmes: The $10 Trillion Hangover: Paying the Price for Eight Years of Bush." December 22, 2008.
- Fresh Air. "Linda Bilmes on our Three Trillion Dollar War." March 3, 2008.
- Democracy Now! "The Three Trillion Dollar War: Nobel Laureate Joseph Stiglitz and Harvard Economist Linda Bilmes on the True Cost of the US Invasion and Occupation of Iraq." February 29, 2008.
- Crisis in Veterans' Health and Benefits, Part 1. Compiled with footage from C-SPAN's Washington Journal.
- Crisis in Veterans' Health and Benefits, Part 2. Compiled with footage from C-SPAN's Washington Journal.