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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]].

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 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>

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>

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 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>

* ''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 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!}}</ref>