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'''Heleen Mees''' (1968) is a [[Dutch people|Dutch]] economist and opinion writer.<ref name="heleenmees1">{{cite web|url=http://www.heleenmees.com/ |title=Heleen Mees |publisher=Heleen Mees}}</ref> Mees was Adjunct Associate Professor of Economics at [[New York University]]'s [[Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service]] until July 2013. Mees was previously Assistant Professor of Economics at [[Tilburg University]] in [[Tilburg]] and a researcher at the [[Erasmus University]] in [[Rotterdam]]. Mees also worked for the [[European Commission]] in [[Brussels]] and the [[Netherlands|Dutch]] [[Treasury]] in [[The Hague]].
'''Heleen Mees''' (born '''Heleen Nijkamp''', 1968, [[Hengelo]], [[Overijssel]], [[Netherlands]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.vn.nl/Standaard-Media-Pagina/Powerfeminist-Heleen-Mees-Het-liefst-zou-ik-trouwen-en-kinderen-krijgen.htm|title=Powerfeminist Heleen Mees: 'Het liefst zou ik trouwen en kinderen krijgen' - Vrij Nederland|publisher=Vn.nl|date=2009-04-25|accessdate=2014-03-11}}</ref><ref name="businessinsider1">{{cite web|url=http://www.businessinsider.com/heleen-mees-willem-buiter-thesis-2013-7|title=Heleen Mees Willem Buiter thesis|publisher=Business Insider|date=2013-07-03|accessdate=2014-03-11}}</ref> As an opinion writer she is known for her provocative feminist views. She is a firm advocate of female ambition and a promotor of more women in the supervisory and executive boards of big companies.


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Her research focuses on monetary policy and the macroeconomic consequences of the [[Potential superpowers#China|rise]] of [[China]] and other emerging economies.<ref name="heleenmees1">{{cite web|url=http://www.heleenmees.com/ |title=Heleen Mees |publisher=Heleen Mees |date= |accessdate=2014-03-26}}</ref> The central theme of her 2012 PhD thesis is that China's boom caused the financial crisis and ensuing economic recession. Mees graduated both in [[economics]] and [[law]] at [[University of Groningen]] in [[Groningen]], Netherlands.<ref name="heleenmees1">{{cite web|url=http://www.heleenmees.com/ |title=Heleen Mees |publisher=Heleen Mees}}</ref> She has a doctorate from [[Erasmus University]] in [[Rotterdam]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.scribd.com/doc/151541058/Heleen-Mees-Changing-Fortunes|publisher=Scribd|title=Changing Fortunes - How China's Boom Caused the Financial Crisis}}</ref>
==Career==
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Mees was Adjunct Associate Professor of Economics at [[New York University]]'s [[Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service]] until July 2013. Mees was previously Assistant Professor of Economics at [[Tilburg University]] in [[Tilburg]] and a researcher at the [[Erasmus University]] in [[Rotterdam]]. Mees also worked for the [[European Commission]] in [[Brussels]] and the [[Netherlands|Dutch]] [[Treasury]] in [[The Hague]].


Mees is a contributor at [[Project Syndicate]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.project-syndicate.org/columnist/heleen-mees|publisher=Project Syndicate|title=Columnist Heleen Mees}}</ref> and the ''[[Financial Times]]''' Economist Forum.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://blogs.ft.com/economistsforum/2013/03/interest-rates-should-take-blame-for-recession/|newspaper=Financial Times|title=Interest rates should take blame for recession}}</ref> Her work has been published in the ''[[Financial Times]]'',<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/654ae02c-1199-11dd-a93b-0000779fd2ac.html|newspaper=Financial Times|title=Why we must break the male cartel in the work place}}</ref> ''[[The New York Times]]'',<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/25/opinion/25iht-edletmon.html?_r=0|newspaper=The New York Times|title=Going Dutch? Not So Fast!}}</ref> ''[[Le Monde]]'',<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lemonde.fr/cgi-bin/ACHATS/acheter.cgi?offre=ARCHIVES&type_item=ART_ARCH_30J&objet_id=933184&xtmc=&xtcr=1|newspaper=Le Monde|title=L'Europe doit, à son tour, adopter une politique d'" affirmative action "}}</ref> ''[[The International Herald Tribune]]'',<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/29/opinion/29iht-edletmon.html|newspaper=The International Herald Tribune|title=China is Buying Europe}}</ref> and in ''[[Foreign Policy]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2012/01/17/how_china_s_boom_caused_the_financial_crisis|newspaper=Foreign Policy|title=How China 's Boom Caused the Financial Crisis}}</ref> From 2006 to 2010, she was columnist for ''[[NRC Handelsblad]]'' and from 2012 to 2013 for ''[[Het Financieele Dagblad]]''. Mees is the author of three books; 'Between Greed and Desire – The World between Wall Street and Main Street,' was published in 2009.<ref name="Tussen hebzucht en verlangen">{{cite web|url=http://www.nieuwamsterdam.nl/tussen-hebzucht-en-verlangen#.UzK6nyjfFLE |publisher=Nieuw Amsterdam|title=Tussen hebzucht en verlangen}}</ref>
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Her research focuses on monetary policy and the macroeconomic consequences of the [[Potential superpowers#China|rise]] of [[China]] and other emerging economies. The central theme of her 2012 PhD thesis is that China's boom caused the financial crisis and ensuing economic recession. Mees graduated both in [[economics]] and [[law]] at [[University of Groningen]] in [[Groningen]], Netherlands. She has a doctorate from [[Erasmus University]] in [[Rotterdam]].<ref name=scribd>{{cite web|url=http://www.scribd.com/doc/151541058/Heleen-Mees-Changing-Fortunes|publisher=Scribd|title=Changing Fortunes - How China's Boom Caused the Financial Crisis}}</ref>


In 2006 Mees co-founded Women on Top,<ref name="Women on Top">{{cite web|url=http://www.women-on-top.nl/ |title=Women on Top |publisher= Women on Top}}</ref> an organization that advocates more women in top jobs. Mees campaigned for 30% representation of women on [[board of directors]]. The Dutch parliament subsequently passed legislation requiring company boards to strive for gender balance, i.e. minimum 30% representation of each sex on both the [[supervisory board]] as well as the [[executive board]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.economist.com/blogs/economist-explains/2014/03/economist-explains-14|newspaper=The Economist|title=The spread of gender quotas for company boards}}</ref>
Mees is a contributor at [[Project Syndicate]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.project-syndicate.org/columnist/heleen-mees|publisher=Project Syndicate|title=Columnist Heleen Mees}}</ref> and the ''[[Financial Times]]''' Economist Forum.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://blogs.ft.com/economistsforum/2013/03/interest-rates-should-take-blame-for-recession/|newspaper=Financial Times|title=Interest rates should take blame for recession}}</ref> From 2006 to 2010, she was columnist for ''[[NRC Handelsblad]]''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://fd.nl/economie-politiek/columns/heleen-mees|title=Columnist Heleen Mees|publisher=NRC Handelsblad}}</ref> and from 2012 to 2013 for ''[[Het Financieele Dagblad]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nrc.nl/heleenmees|title=Columnist Heleen Mees|publisher=Het Financieele Dagblad}}</ref> Mees is the author of three books. In 2006 Mees co-founded Women on Top,<ref name="Women on Top">{{cite web|url=http://www.women-on-top.nl/ |title=Women on Top |publisher= Women on Top}}</ref> an organization that advocates more women in top jobs.


In July 2013, Mees was arrested in New York on charges of stalking her former lover, the chief economist of [[Citigroup]], [[Willem Buiter]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/ex_nyu_prof_charged_in_citigroup_jv8h0yt1qYyNeNxy48W3WO|newspaper=New York Post|title=Ex-NYU prof charged in Citigroup stalk}}</ref> In March 2014, all charges against Mees were set for dismissal. There were two conditions: Mees should go to therapy and Mees should stay out of trouble for a year.<ref>{{cite web|author= |url=http://online.wsj.com/article/AP35e7f881be7841169dff04a021abd01a.html |title=Dutch prof's NYC stalking case set for dismissal|newspaper=Wall Street Journal}}</ref>
In July 2013, Mees was arrested in New York on charges of stalking her former lover, the chief economist of [[Citigroup]], [[Willem Buiter]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/ex_nyu_prof_charged_in_citigroup_jv8h0yt1qYyNeNxy48W3WO|newspaper=New York Post|title=Ex-NYU prof charged in Citigroup stalk}}</ref> In August 2013, it is alleged that Buiter contacted Mees in spite of the accusations.<ref>{{cite web|author= |url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/10253190/Citigroup-economist-Willem-Buiter-accused-of-trying-to-contact-ex-mistress-despite-accusing-her-of-stalking-him.html|title=Citigroup economist Willem Buiter accused of trying to contact ex-mistress|newspaper=Telegraph}}</ref> In March 2014, all charges against Mees were set for dismissal.<ref>{{cite web|author= |url=http://online.wsj.com/article/AP35e7f881be7841169dff04a021abd01a.html |title=Dutch prof's NYC stalking case set for dismissal|newspaper=Wall Street Journal}}</ref>


Mees lives in [[Brooklyn]], [[New York City|New York]].<ref name="heleenmees1">{{cite web|url=http://www.heleenmees.com/ |title=Heleen Mees|publisher=Heleen Mees|accessdate=2014-03-26}}</ref>
Mees lives in [[Brooklyn]], [[New York City|New York]].<ref name="heleenmees1">{{cite web|url=http://www.heleenmees.com/ |title=Heleen Mees |publisher=Heleen Mees |date= |accessdate=2014-03-26}}</ref>


==Publications==
==Publications==
* ''Changing Fortunes - How China's Boom Caused the Financial Crisis'' (2012)<ref name=scribd />
* ''Changing Fortunes - How China's Boom Caused the Financial Crisis'' (2012)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.scribd.com/doc/151541058/Heleen-Mees-Changing-Fortunes|publisher=Scribd|title=Changing Fortunes - How China's Boom Caused the Financial Crisis}}</ref>
* ''Between Greed And Desire - The World Between Wall Street And Main Street'' (2009)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nieuwamsterdam.nl/tussen-hebzucht-en-verlangen#.UzK6nyjfFLE|publisher=Nieuw Amsterdam|title=Tussen hebzucht en verlangen|date=|accessdate=2014-04-22}}</ref>
* ''Between Greed And Desire - The World Between Wall Street And Main Street'' (2009)<ref name="Tussen hebzucht en verlangen"/>
* ''No more part-time feminism!'' (2006)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nieuwamsterdam.nl/weg-met-het-deeltijdfeminisme-#.UzLQWCjfFLE|publisher=Nieuw Amsterdam|title=Weg met het deeltijdfeminisme!|date=|accessdate=2014-04-22}}</ref>
* ''No more part-time feminism!'' (2006)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nieuwamsterdam.nl/weg-met-het-deeltijdfeminisme-#.UzLQWCjfFLE|publisher=Nieuw Amsterdam|title=Weg met het deeltijdfeminisme!}}</ref>


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 06:30, 22 April 2014

Heleen Mees
File:Heleenmees2.png
Heleen Mees
Born (1968-11-21) 21 November 1968 (age 55)
Netherlands
NationalityDutch
Academic career
FieldEconomics, Law
InstitutionNew York University, European Commission
Alma materErasmus University Rotterdam

Heleen Mees (1968) is a Dutch economist and opinion writer.[1] Mees was Adjunct Associate Professor of Economics at New York University's Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service until July 2013. Mees was previously Assistant Professor of Economics at Tilburg University in Tilburg and a researcher at the Erasmus University in Rotterdam. Mees also worked for the European Commission in Brussels and the Dutch Treasury in The Hague.

Her research focuses on monetary policy and the macroeconomic consequences of the rise of China and other emerging economies.[1] The central theme of her 2012 PhD thesis is that China's boom caused the financial crisis and ensuing economic recession. Mees graduated both in economics and law at University of Groningen in Groningen, Netherlands.[1] She has a doctorate from Erasmus University in Rotterdam.[2]

Mees is a contributor at Project Syndicate[3] and the Financial Times' Economist Forum.[4] Her work has been published in the Financial Times,[5] The New York Times,[6] Le Monde,[7] The International Herald Tribune,[8] and in Foreign Policy.[9] From 2006 to 2010, she was columnist for NRC Handelsblad and from 2012 to 2013 for Het Financieele Dagblad. Mees is the author of three books; 'Between Greed and Desire – The World between Wall Street and Main Street,' was published in 2009.[10]

In 2006 Mees co-founded Women on Top,[11] an organization that advocates more women in top jobs. Mees campaigned for 30% representation of women on board of directors. The Dutch parliament subsequently passed legislation requiring company boards to strive for gender balance, i.e. minimum 30% representation of each sex on both the supervisory board as well as the executive board.[12]

In July 2013, Mees was arrested in New York on charges of stalking her former lover, the chief economist of Citigroup, Willem Buiter.[13] In August 2013, it is alleged that Buiter contacted Mees in spite of the accusations.[14] In March 2014, all charges against Mees were set for dismissal.[15]

Mees lives in Brooklyn, New York.[1]

Publications

  • Changing Fortunes - How China's Boom Caused the Financial Crisis (2012)[16]
  • Between Greed And Desire - The World Between Wall Street And Main Street (2009)[10]
  • No more part-time feminism! (2006)[17]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Heleen Mees". Heleen Mees. Cite error: The named reference "heleenmees1" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Changing Fortunes - How China's Boom Caused the Financial Crisis". Scribd.
  3. ^ "Columnist Heleen Mees". Project Syndicate.
  4. ^ "Interest rates should take blame for recession". Financial Times.
  5. ^ "Why we must break the male cartel in the work place". Financial Times.
  6. ^ "Going Dutch? Not So Fast!". The New York Times.
  7. ^ "L'Europe doit, à son tour, adopter une politique d'" affirmative action "". Le Monde.
  8. ^ "China is Buying Europe". The International Herald Tribune.
  9. ^ "How China 's Boom Caused the Financial Crisis". Foreign Policy.
  10. ^ a b "Tussen hebzucht en verlangen". Nieuw Amsterdam.
  11. ^ "Women on Top". Women on Top.
  12. ^ "The spread of gender quotas for company boards". The Economist.
  13. ^ "Ex-NYU prof charged in Citigroup stalk". New York Post.
  14. ^ "Citigroup economist Willem Buiter accused of trying to contact ex-mistress". Telegraph.
  15. ^ "Dutch prof's NYC stalking case set for dismissal". Wall Street Journal.
  16. ^ "Changing Fortunes - How China's Boom Caused the Financial Crisis". Scribd.
  17. ^ "Weg met het deeltijdfeminisme!". Nieuw Amsterdam.

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