"American Exceptionalism" is on everyone's lips on the financial markets today. This is because those who have bet on American Exceptionalism on the stock markets have been able to achieve higher returns than elsewhere over the last decade and a half, while those who have bet against it have lost out. However, stock markets are always prone to "irrational exuberance". The fear that a bubble may have developed is justified and a major setback cannot be excluded. However, there are indications that the exceptional development is not completely "irrational" but has a real economic background.
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Thomas Mayer
Founding Director, Flossbach von Storch Research Institute
Thomas Mayer
Thomas Mayer
Thomas Mayer is Founding Director of the Flossbach von Storch Research Institute. Before this he was Chief Economist of Deutsche Bank Group and Head of DB Research. Thomas Mayer held positions at Goldman Sachs, Salomon Brothers and, before entering the private sector, at the International Monetary Fund and the Kiel Institute. He received a doctorate in economics from Kiel University, is a CFA Charterholder and Honorary Professor at University Witten/Herdecke. Thomas Mayer has published widely on money and finance, among others “Europe’s Unfinished Currency: The Political Economics of the Euro” and “Austrian Economics, Money and Finance”.
