Topic: Linda J. Bilmes

The nation's national parks and National Park Service have a total estimated economic value of $92 billion, a new study finds.

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The U.S. wars in Afghanistan and Iraq will cost taxpayers between $4 trillion and $6 trillion, a study by a Harvard researcher said.

The global economic slowdown has triggered think tank debates about the future of laissez-faire capitalism, which French President Nicolas Sarkozy has pronounced "finished." The current system of international power is no longer an accurate reflection of current realities, let alone future ones.

The United States' total cost for the war in Iraq will reach $3 trillion, the authors of a new book on the subject say.

The disability system for U.S. veterans is backed up and likely to get worse as more veterans from the current military operations in the Middle East apply.

Caring for U.S. veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan could cost $662 billion over 40 years, a researcher at Boston's Harvard University said.

The recent barrage of congressional and media criticism directed at President Bush for his handling of the widening corporate financial scandal has failed to damage his popularity, according to a Washington Post-ABC News poll. The survey finds Bush's job