Mathijs Nicolaas Bouman (born 1 May 1966) is a Dutch economist and journalist. He is a regular contributor to the TV programs ''

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'' and ''

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'' and writes columns for ''

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'' and the business website Z24.nl. A critic of the Dutch

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, in which "bad luck is officially forbidden" and "accidents are banned", he is referred to as a market liberalist, and as a prominent opinion builder whose Twitter account is recommended for "peppered" opinions.

Biography

Bouman graduated from the

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in Zaandam (1986), and got his Ph.D. in economics from the

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(1998) under

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and , specializing in

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. He published on

material flow analysis Material flow analysis (MFA), also referred to as substance flow analysis (SFA), is an analytical method to quantify flows and stocks of materials or substances in a well-defined system. MFA is an important tool to study the bio-physical aspects of ...

and the intersections of economics and environment. After his promotion, he was a researcher at three Dutch universities, and worked for

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between 2003 and 2005. Bouman has become a notable TV personality. He is a frequent panelist on ''

'', a TV talk show focusing on current events; he is referred to as a "TV economist" and a "media economist". He comments (for

and other outlets) on economic topics including the stock exchange and the

2008 financial crisis The 2008 financial crisis, also known as the global financial crisis (GFC), was a major worldwide financial crisis centered in the United States. The causes of the 2008 crisis included excessive speculation on housing values by both homeowners ...

. From 2007 to 2010 he wrote a column for ''

De Groene Amsterdammer ''De Groene Amsterdammer'' () is an independent Dutch weekly news magazine published in Amsterdam. It is one of the five independent opinion magazines in the Netherlands, alongside '' HP/De Tijd'', '' Vrij Nederland'', ''Elsevier'' and the Jewish ...

''. he is a regular columnist for ''

''. He is the author of two books on Dutch economics: ''Hollandse Overmoed'' ("Dutch Overconfidence", 2006) and ''De Elektrische Spijkerbroek en andere avonturen in de economie'' ("The electric jeans and other adventures in the economy", 2010), a collection of his columns with observations on and anecdotes from the Dutch economy. A review in the ''

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'' noted a number of worthwhile one-liners, including "If women pay fewer taxes, men will vacuum more often" and "the world's tallest buildings are usually an omen of disaster".

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