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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=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 ] 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></ref> '''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 ] economist and opinion writer. Mees was Adjunct Associate Professor of Economics at ]'s ] until July 2013. Mees was previously Assistant Professor of Economics at ] in ] and a researcher at the ] in ]. Mees also worked for the ] in ] and the ] ] in ].


Her research focuses on monetary policy and the macroeconomic consequences of the ] of ] 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 ] and ] at ] in ], Netherlands.<ref name="heleenmees1">{{cite web|url=http://www.heleenmees.com/ |title=Heleen Mees |publisher=Heleen Mees}}</ref> She has a doctorate from ] in ].<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>
==Early life and education==
Mees was born Heleen Nijkamp<ref></ref><ref></ref> in 1968 and raised Catholic.<ref></ref><ref></ref> Mees graduated both in ] and ] at ] in ], Netherlands.{{When|date=April 2014}} She has a doctorate from ] in ].<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 ]'s boom caused the financial crisis and ensuing economic recession. Her doctoral research focused on monetary policy and the macroeconomic consequences of the ] of China and other emerging economies.


Mees is a contributor at ]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.project-syndicate.org/columnist/heleen-mees|publisher=Project Syndicate|title=Columnist Heleen Mees}}</ref> and the '']''' 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 '']'',<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> '']'',<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> '']'',<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> '']'',<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 '']''.<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 '']'' and from 2012 to 2013 for '']''. 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>
==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''.<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>


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 ]. 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 ] as well as the ].<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 ]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.project-syndicate.org/columnist/heleen-mees|publisher=Project Syndicate|title=Columnist Heleen Mees}}</ref> and the '']''' 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 '']''<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 '']''.<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 July 2013, Mees was arrested in New York on charges of stalking her former lover, the chief economist of ], ].<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 an employee of the ] in ] from 1998 to 2000.<ref></ref> She also worked for the ] ] in ].{{Cn|date=April 2014}}


⚫ Mees lives in ], ].<ref name="heleenmees1">{{cite web|url=http://www.heleenmees.com/ |title=Heleen Mees |publisher=Heleen Mees |date= |accessdate=2014-03-26}}</ref>
Mees was Adjunct Associate Professor of Economics at ]'s ] from September 2012 until July 2013.<ref></ref><ref></ref> She was previously Assistant Professor of Economics at ] in ] and a researcher at the ] in ].{{When|date=April 2014}}

==Personal life==
⚫ In July 2013, Mees was arrested in New York on charges of stalking her former lover, the chief economist of ], ].<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>

⚫ Mees lives in ], ].<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 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==
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Heleen Mees
Born (1968-11-21) 21 November 1968 (age 56)
Netherlands
NationalityDutch
Academic career
FieldEconomics, Law
InstitutionNew York University, European Commission
Alma materErasmus University Rotterdam

Heleen Mees (born Heleen Nijkamp, 1968) is a 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 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.

Mees is a contributor at Project Syndicate and the Financial Times' Economist Forum. Her work has been published in the Financial Times, The New York Times, Le Monde, The International Herald Tribune, and in Foreign Policy. 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.

In 2006 Mees co-founded Women on Top, 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.

In July 2013, Mees was arrested in New York on charges of stalking her former lover, the chief economist of Citigroup, Willem Buiter. In March 2014, all charges against Mees were set for dismissal.

Mees lives in Brooklyn, New York.

Publications

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

References

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