Martin Mayer

{{Short description|American business writer (1928–2019)}} {{use mdy dates|date=May 2026}} '''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'' (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 Madison Avenue was described by Cleveland Amory as "The first complete story on the ... advertising industry".<ref>''Madison Avenue, U.S.A.'' Pocket Books, 1959, frontispiece testimonial</ref> Mayer wrote a music column for ''Esquire'' from 1952 to 1975. He was a guest scholar at the Brookings Institution. He was married to {{ill|Revenue Watch Institute|qid=Q30268297|s=1|v=sup}} President {{ill|Karin Lissakers|qid=Q139986479|s=1|v=sup}}.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://shelterislandreporter.archive.timesreview.com/2019/08/shelter-island-reporter-obituary-martin-mayer/|title=Shelter Island Reporter obituary: Martin Mayer|access-date=May 30, 2026}}</ref> Mayer died at the age of 91 in Shelter Island, New York on August 1, 2019 from complications of Parkinson's disease.<ref name="mcfadden">{{Cite news |last=McFadden |first=Robert D. |date=2019-08-01 |title=Martin Mayer, Prolific and Protean Author and Critic, Dies at 91 |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/01/books/martin-mayer-dead.html |access-date=2019-08-02 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>

He graduated from Harvard College after passing Italian.<ref name="mcfadden"/>

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==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20160304112209/http://www.brookings.edu/experts/mayerm Mayer at the Brookings Institution] *{{C-SPAN|10391}}

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