Dr. Thomas Mayer is the Founding Director of the Flossbach von Storch Research Institute, an economic think-tank based in Cologne, Germany. He is also a Senior Fellow at the Center for Financial Studies, where he is involved in research on European financial integration and current financial market issues. He also organizes the CFS Lecture Series “On the Order of Money.” Dr. Mayer is a renowned German economics and finance expert that has published numerous articles on international and European economic issues.