Heleen Mees
Heleen Mees | |
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| File:Heleenmees2.png Heleen Mees | |
| Born | 21 November 1968 |
| Nationality | Dutch |
| Academic career | |
| Field | Economics, Law |
| Institution | New York University, European Commission |
| Alma mater | Erasmus University Rotterdam |
Heleen Mees (1968) is the pen name of a Dutch economist and opinion writer. She was born as Heleen Nijkamp. 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 Board of Directors.
Career
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. 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.[1]
Mees is a contributor at Project Syndicate[2] and the Financial Times' Economist Forum.[3] From 2006 to 2010, she was columnist for NRC Handelsblad[4] and from 2012 to 2013 for Het Financieele Dagblad.[5] Mees is the author of three books. In 2006 Mees co-founded Women on Top,[6] 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.[7] 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.[8]
Mees lives in Brooklyn, New York.
Publications
- Changing Fortunes - How China's Boom Caused the Financial Crisis (2012)[9]
- Between Greed And Desire - The World Between Wall Street And Main Street (2009)
- No more part-time feminism! (2006)
References
- ^ "Changing Fortunes - How China's Boom Caused the Financial Crisis". Scribd.
- ^ "Columnist Heleen Mees". Project Syndicate.
- ^ "Interest rates should take blame for recession". Financial Times.
- ^ "Columnist Heleen Mees". NRC Handelsblad.
- ^ "Columnist Heleen Mees". Het Financieele Dagblad.
- ^ "Women on Top". Women on Top.
- ^ "Ex-NYU prof charged in Citigroup stalk". New York Post.
- ^ "Dutch prof's NYC stalking case set for dismissal". Wall Street Journal.
- ^ "Changing Fortunes - How China's Boom Caused the Financial Crisis". Scribd.