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Linda J. Bilmes is the Daniel Patrick Moynihan Senior Lecturer in Public Policy at Harvard Kennedy School (HKS), specializing in public finance, military costs, and budgeting. She holds a BA and MBA from Harvard University and a D.Phil from the University of Oxford. Currently, she serves as the sole U.S. member of the United Nations Committee of Experts on Public Administration (CEPA) and Vice-chair of Economists for Peace and Security.
- Teaching: Courses on budgeting, cost accounting, and public finance. Leads training for elected mayors and Members of Congress.
- Research: Focuses on war costs, veterans' issues, national parks valuation, and state/local government finance. Co-authored The Three Trillion Dollar War and Valuing US National Parks and Programs.
- Affiliations: Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Taubman Center for State and Local Government.
Her research highlights the hidden fiscal impacts of wars, advocating for transparency and sustainable budgeting. Recent work includes analyzing the 'Ghost Budget' of post-9/11 wars and reparations models for systemic injustices. She has testified before Congress and published widely in New York Times, Financial Times, and Harvard Business Review.
- Awards: 2008 'Speaking Truth to Power' Award for exposing war costs.
- Projects: Greater Boston Applied Field Lab, Bloomberg Cities program, and economic analyses of quarantine policies during the pandemic.
