Christopher W. Mayer

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• India - Now What?

  Published 30 March 2007 | viewed 3,433 times

  This essay originally appeared at The Daily Reckoning. I recently finished a good book on India, one of the best I've read about the country.…

• The Perfect Storm in Power

  Published 27 January 2007 | viewed 4,645 times

  This essay originally appeared at The Daily Reckoning. The Perfect Storm dramatized the events surrounding a powerful nor'easter that raged over the Atlantic Ocean in…

• The World's Push for Power

  Published 05 January 2007 | viewed 3,932 times

  This essay originally appeared at The Daily Reckoning. You remember the blackout of 2003? It was the biggest blackout in North American history, affecting more…

• The Gold Standard Gets No Respect

  Published 11 December 2005 | viewed 4,248 times

  This essay originally appeared at The Daily Reckoning. There is a lot of dumb stuff written about the gold standard and the Great Depression these…

• The Riddle of the Nile

  Published 12 March 2005 | viewed 7,601 times

  This essay originally appeared at The Daily Reckoning. In 1906, Harold Hurst, who was a young civil servant at the time, came to the ancient…

• Investing in the Bubbles of Tomorrow - Today

  Published 26 February 2005 | viewed 6,590 times

  This essay originally appeared at The Daily Reckoning. "Mass delusions are not rare. They salt the human story." - Garet Garrett, A Bubble That Broke…

• Out of Aces

  Published 20 February 2005 | viewed 5,818 times

  This essay originally appeared at The Daily Reckoning. Picture this: On one side of the negotiating table was Frederick Augustus Heinze, the illustrious American copper…

• A Bankers Tale

  Published 21 January 2005 | viewed 3,255 times

  This essay originally appeared at The Daily Reckoning. We used to say it was time to "pull out the gun." It was our metaphor for…

• The World's Workshop

  Published 17 December 2004 | viewed 3,007 times

  This essay originally appeared at The Daily Reckoning. "When customers start demanding things, you know it's going to start topping out," says Arnold Van Den…

• The Poet of Finance

  Published 26 July 2004 | viewed 3,333 times

  A version of this essay was first published in The Daily Reckoning. Jacques Rueff was accused of being a perennial prophet of doom - a…

• Bubble Blower

  Published 09 July 2004 | viewed 2,829 times

  A version of this essay was first published in The Daily Reckoning. Despite all its position of power, prestige and privilege, the economy lies still…

• Booms, Busts and the Big Lie

  Published 06 February 2004 | viewed 6,781 times

            INSIDE - The Mortgage Stones of America • 3 There are massive amounts of debts in the public and private sector. What…