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'''Heleen Mees''' (born Heleen Nijkamp, 1968)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.vn.nl/Standaard-Media-Pagina/Powerfeminist-Heleen-Mees-Het-liefst-zou-ik-trouwen-en-kinderen-krijgen.htm|title=Interview Heleen Mees |publisher=Vrij Nederland}}</ref><ref name="heleenmees1">{{cite web|url=http://www.heleenmees.com/ |title=Heleen Mees |publisher=Heleen Mees}}</ref> is a [[Dutch people|Dutch]] economist and opinion writer. 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> is a [[Dutch people|Dutch]] opinion writer, lawyer and economist. She is known for her provocative feminist views. Mees is a firm advocate of female ambition and a promoter of more women in the supervisory and executive boards of big companies.<ref>[http://www.hpdetijd.nl/2013-10-21/heleen-mees-profiel-gevallen-vrouw Nathalie Huigsloot, 'Heleen Mees, profiel van een gevallen vrouw' (English: Heleen Mees, Profile of a Fallen Woman), ''HP de Tijd'', 21 oktober 2013.]</ref>


==Early life and education==
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>
Mees was born Heleen Nijkamp<ref>[http://www.trouw.nl/tr/nl/4324/Nieuws/article/detail/1215419/2008/03/22/Heleen-Mees-Ik-vind-het-niet-erg-mensen-op-de-kast-te-jagen.dhtml Heleen Mees / Ik vind het niet erg mensen op de kast te jagen]</ref><ref>[http://www.intermediair.nl/carriere/cv-en-sollicitatie/cv-en-sollicitatiebrief/curriculum-vitae-heleen-mees-econoom-publicist-stalker]</ref> in 1968 and raised Catholic.<ref>[http://www.volkskrant.nl/vk/nl/2686/Binnenland/article/detail/3470103/2013/07/04/Heleen-Mees-dwars-eigenzinnig-en-nu-ook-stalker.dhtml]</ref><ref>[http://www.nieuws.nl/algemeen/20130704/Heleen-Mees-Voor-Willem-mag-niet-in-proefschrift Heleen Mees: 'Voor Willem' mag niet in proefschrift - Nieuws.nl]</ref> Mees graduated both in [[economics]] and [[law]] at [[University of Groningen]] in [[Groningen]], Netherlands.{{When|date=April 2014}} 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> The central theme of her 2012 PhD thesis was that [[China]]'s boom caused the financial crisis and ensuing economic recession. Her doctoral research focused on monetary policy and the macroeconomic consequences of the [[Potential superpowers#China|rise]] of China and other emerging economies.


==Career==
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>
Heleen Mees' breakthrough as an opinion writer in the Netherlands came in 2006 when she wrote ''The time is long overdue that women should go to work''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.women-on-top.nl/wp-content/uploads/nrc-mees.pdf|title=Vrouwen moeten nu eindelijke eens echt aan het werk gaan|publisher=NRC Handelsblad}} 21 January 2006.</ref> The same year, she co-founded Women on Top, an organization that advocates more women in top jobs.<ref name="Women on Top">{{cite web|url=http://www.women-on-top.nl/ |title=Women on Top |publisher= Women on Top}}</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 blog.<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>{{Not in citation given|date=April 2014}} 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. 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 was an employee of the [[European Commission]] in [[Brussels]] from 1998 to 2000.<ref>[http://www.vn.nl/Standaard-Media-Pagina/Powerfeminist-Heleen-Mees-Het-liefst-zou-ik-trouwen-en-kinderen-krijgen.htm Powerfeminist Heleen Mees: 'Het liefst zou ik trouwen en kinderen krijgen' - Vrij Nederland]</ref> She also worked for the [[Netherlands|Dutch]] [[Treasury]] in [[The Hague]].{{Cn|date=April 2014}}
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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.<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 was Adjunct Associate Professor of Economics at [[New York University]]'s [[Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service]] from September 2012 until July 2013.<ref>[http://www.chinaspeakersbureau.info/2012/07/heleen-mees-joins-china-speakers-bureau/ Heleen Mees joins China Speakers Bureau | China Speakers Bureau]</ref><ref>[http://uk.reuters.com/article/2013/07/03/uk-citigroup-stalking-idUKBRE9620ZF20130703]</ref> She was previously Assistant Professor of Economics at [[Tilburg University]] in [[Tilburg]] and a researcher at the [[Erasmus University]] in [[Rotterdam]].{{When|date=April 2014}}
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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>

==Personal life==
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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 if Mees would comply with two conditions.<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>

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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>


==Publications==
==Publications==
* ''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>
* ''Changing Fortunes - How China's Boom Caused the Financial Crisis'' (2012)<ref name=scribd />
* ''Between Greed And Desire - The World Between Wall Street And Main Street'' (2009)<ref name="Tussen hebzucht en verlangen"/>
* ''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>
* ''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>
* ''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>


==References==
==References==
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Heleen Mees
Born
Heleen Nijkamp

(1968-11-21) November 21, 1968 (age 55)
Hengelo, Overijssel, Netherlands
NationalityDutch
Alma materErasmus University Rotterdam

Heleen Mees (born Heleen Nijkamp, 1968, Hengelo, Overijssel, Netherlands)[1][2] is a Dutch opinion writer, lawyer and economist. She is known for her provocative feminist views. Mees is a firm advocate of female ambition and a promoter of more women in the supervisory and executive boards of big companies.[3]

Early life and education

Mees was born Heleen Nijkamp[4][5] in 1968 and raised Catholic.[6][7] Mees graduated both in economics and law at University of Groningen in Groningen, Netherlands.[when?] She has a doctorate from Erasmus University in Rotterdam.[8] The central theme of her 2012 PhD thesis was that China's boom caused the financial crisis and ensuing economic recession. Her doctoral research focused on monetary policy and the macroeconomic consequences of the rise of China and other emerging economies.

Career

Heleen Mees' breakthrough as an opinion writer in the Netherlands came in 2006 when she wrote The time is long overdue that women should go to work.[9] The same year, she co-founded Women on Top, an organization that advocates more women in top jobs.[10]

Mees is a contributor at Project Syndicate[11] and the Financial Times' Economist Forum blog.[12] From 2006 to 2010, she was columnist for NRC Handelsblad[13] and from 2012 to 2013 for Het Financieele Dagblad.[14][failed verification] Mees is the author of three books.

Mees was an employee of the European Commission in Brussels from 1998 to 2000.[15] She also worked for the Dutch Treasury in The Hague.[citation needed]

Mees was Adjunct Associate Professor of Economics at New York University's Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service from September 2012 until July 2013.[16][17] She was previously Assistant Professor of Economics at Tilburg University in Tilburg and a researcher at the Erasmus University in Rotterdam.[when?]

Personal life

In July 2013, Mees was arrested in New York on charges of stalking her former lover, the chief economist of Citigroup, Willem Buiter.[18] In March 2014, all charges against Mees were set for dismissal if Mees would comply with two conditions.[19]

Mees lives in Brooklyn, New York.[20]

Publications

  • Changing Fortunes - How China's Boom Caused the Financial Crisis (2012)[8]
  • Between Greed And Desire - The World Between Wall Street And Main Street (2009)[21]
  • No more part-time feminism! (2006)[22]

References

  1. ^ "Powerfeminist Heleen Mees: 'Het liefst zou ik trouwen en kinderen krijgen' - Vrij Nederland". Vn.nl. 2009-04-25. Retrieved 2014-03-11.
  2. ^ "Heleen Mees Willem Buiter thesis". Business Insider. 2013-07-03. Retrieved 2014-03-11.
  3. ^ Nathalie Huigsloot, 'Heleen Mees, profiel van een gevallen vrouw' (English: Heleen Mees, Profile of a Fallen Woman), HP de Tijd, 21 oktober 2013.
  4. ^ Heleen Mees / Ik vind het niet erg mensen op de kast te jagen
  5. ^ [1]
  6. ^ [2]
  7. ^ Heleen Mees: 'Voor Willem' mag niet in proefschrift - Nieuws.nl
  8. ^ a b "Changing Fortunes - How China's Boom Caused the Financial Crisis". Scribd.
  9. ^ "Vrouwen moeten nu eindelijke eens echt aan het werk gaan" (PDF). NRC Handelsblad. 21 January 2006.
  10. ^ "Women on Top". Women on Top.
  11. ^ "Columnist Heleen Mees". Project Syndicate.
  12. ^ "Interest rates should take blame for recession". Financial Times.
  13. ^ "Columnist Heleen Mees". NRC Handelsblad.
  14. ^ "Columnist Heleen Mees". Het Financieele Dagblad.
  15. ^ Powerfeminist Heleen Mees: 'Het liefst zou ik trouwen en kinderen krijgen' - Vrij Nederland
  16. ^ Heleen Mees joins China Speakers Bureau | China Speakers Bureau
  17. ^ [3]
  18. ^ "Ex-NYU prof charged in Citigroup stalk". New York Post.
  19. ^ "Dutch prof's NYC stalking case set for dismissal". Wall Street Journal.
  20. ^ "Heleen Mees". Heleen Mees. Retrieved 2014-03-26.
  21. ^ "Tussen hebzucht en verlangen". Nieuw Amsterdam. Retrieved 2014-04-22.
  22. ^ "Weg met het deeltijdfeminisme!". Nieuw Amsterdam. Retrieved 2014-04-22.

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