Christopher Mayer

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08/20/2014 Mises Daily Christopher Mayer

[ Editor’s Note: This month marks the 43rd anniversary of Nixon’s closing of the gold window. This article originally appeared in The Free Market in January 2004.] “The world is in permanent monetary...

Housing Bubble, The

08/01/2003 Free Market Christopher Mayer

The Free Market 23, no. 8 (August 2003) There is always a bubble someplace. In a world of fiat currency and fractional-reserve banking, where money is effortlessly multiplied and pyramided, the...

The Mortgage Boom

05/01/2001 Free Market Christopher Mayer

The Free Market 19, no. 5 (May 2001) In the parlance of finance, liquidity refers to the readiness that an asset can be converted to cash without a significant loss in value. Examples of liquid assets...

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