Martin Prager Mayer (January 14, 1928 – August 1, 2019) was the writer of 35 non-fiction books, including ''Madison Avenue, U.S.A.'' (1958), ''The Schools'' (1961), ''The Lawyers'' (1967), ''About Television'' (1972), ''

The Bankers ''The Bankers'' is the 1974 book by the economist-writer Martin Mayer that describes the industry just at the cusp of deregulation. At the time, banks had just been released from the interest rate ceilings of Regulation Q imposed by the Federa ...

'' (1975), ''The Builders'' (1978), ''Risky Business: The Collapse of Lloyd's of London'' (1995), ''The Bankers: The Next Generation'' (1997), ''The Fed'' (2001), and ''The Judges'' (2005). Mayer's books describe and criticize American industries or professional groups. His book on

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was described by

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as "The first complete story on the ... advertising industry". Mayer wrote a music column for ''

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'' from 1952 to 1975. He was a guest scholar at the

Brookings Institution The Brookings Institution, often stylized as simply Brookings, is an American research group founded in 1916. Located on Think Tank Row in Washington, D.C., the organization conducts research and education in the social sciences, primarily in ec ...

. He was married to Revenue Watch Institute President

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. Mayer died at the age of 91 in

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on August 1, 2019 from complications of

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. He graduated from

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after passing Italian.

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Mayer at the Brookings Institution
* 1928 births 2019 deaths American business writers American economics writers American male non-fiction writers Deaths from Parkinson's disease in New York (state) Harvard College alumni {{US-nonfiction-writer-stub