21 Facts About Arnold Heertje

Arnold Heertje was a Dutch economist and professor at the University of Amsterdam, writer and columnist.

Arnold Heertje became more generally known for his opposition to the Betuweroute.

The eight-year-old Arnold Heertje ended up with a Reformed family in the Haarlemmermeer.

Arnold Heertje was not only impressed by the faith of people that had hidden him, but by their poverty.

In 1962 Arnold Heertje became known through his book De kern van de economie.

Arnold Heertje retired from the University of Amsterdam 3 May 2006, where he had taught for over forty years.

Arnold Heertje became a member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1997.

Arnold Heertje was married, has three sons, Eric, Raoul and Patrick, and three grandchildren.

Arnold Heertje belonged to the group of economists, who defend the thesis that the field of the Economics is much more than just what can be expressed in money or what can be measured.

Just as much of the field of Economics, according to Arnold Heertje, are those items difficult or impossible to express in monetary values such as nature, quality of life and sense of well-being.

Partly for this reason, Arnold Heertje was emphatically against the extension of the A15 van Bemmel facing Zevenaar.

Arnold Heertje argued, that the financing of each variant of that project is based on financial quicksand.

Arnold Heertje was considered a critical member, known for his blunt opinions concerning the board of the Labour Party.

Arnold Heertje was a distinct opponent of the construction of the Betuweroute.

Arnold Heertje was one of seven independent professors, who on own initiative turned against the construction, because it would only cost money.

Arnold Heertje remained active in the Stichting Vrienden van de Weesper Synagoge, which manages the building.

At the founding of the association "Beter Onderwijs Nederland" in 2006 Arnold Heertje joined the committees of recommendation.

Arnold Heertje had an impressive scientific library of about twelve thousand books.

Arnold Heertje owned three thousand special books, including the first, sewn print of Das Kapital by Karl Marx, and An Essay on the Principle of Population by Thomas Malthus from 1798.

On 14 May 2014 Arnold Heertje lost a court case brought by the Youth Care Agency.

The lawyer for the Youth Care Agency stated that Arnold Heertje had not done proper research into the case and that his articles amounted to public pillorying.