Dirk Bezemer

Dirk Bezemer (born 1971) is a Dutch economist who is a professor at the Faculty of Economics and Business of the Rijksuniversiteit Groningen. He studied at Wageningen University (M.Sc. in Economics (1995)) and University of Amsterdam & Tinbergen Institute (Ph.D. in Economics (2001)).^[1] His topics of expertise include the financial sector, credit creation, credit cycles, monetary policy, and the cause of economic crises.^[2][3][4] Bezemer provides commentary at the Centre for Economic Policy Research and De Groene Amsterdammer.^[5] In a September 2009 opinion piece in the Financial Times he wrote that a dozen economists whom he listed had predicted the 2008 financial crisis but were ignored.^{[6][7][8][9][10]}

Dirk Bezemer
Dirk Bezemer in 2016
Born	1971 (age 53–54)
Nationality	Dutch
Title	Professor
Academic background
Education	Wageningen University: M.Sc. in Economics (1995) University of Amsterdam & Tinbergen Institute: Ph.D. in Economics (2001)[1]
Academic work
Discipline	Economics and business
Institutions	Rijksuniversiteit Groningen