Documentary Johannes Witteveen

'There is No Such Thing as a Free Lunch' Witteveen-lecture

Omroep Max made a documentary about alumnus Johan Witteveen. Witteveen was minister of finance of the Netherlands and president of the IMF. In this documentary, Witteveen talks about the loss of his son, daughter-in-law and granddaughter, who died as a consequence of the MH17 disaster. Next to this, this documentary highlights Witteveen's meditation style and his monthly meetings with the former governement members of government De Jong.

 Witteveen gained his doctorate in economics by Tinbergen and was appointed as professor at Erasmus School of Economics in 1949.

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The full documentary can be found here. Note that the documentary is in Dutch.

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