# Amschel Mayer — Short Fiction character guide

> Amschel Mayer in Short Fiction by Mack Reynolds.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Mayer, VII Amschel Mayer

**First appearance:** 0016-adaptation

## Who they are

A member of the powerful Mayer family with financial influence.

## In the story

### [The Coordinator's Charge](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_36_se/chapters/i)

Academician Amschel Mayer, thin and high-pitched, expresses nervousness and worry about the mission's potential failure.

### [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_36_se/chapters/ii)

Advocates free competition and proposes splitting the group to test both economic systems.

### [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_36_se/chapters/iv)

Hosts the secret meeting of merchants, demonstrates printing press and Bessemer process, advocates for freeing trade from baronial control.

### [The Conference of the Divided Teams](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_36_se/chapters/v)

Leads the Genoa team; advocates for a capitalist, city-state model inspired by Renaissance Florence, but admits to a 'benevolent tyranny' and uses a metal-transmuting machine to manipulate the economy.

### [The War Decision](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_36_se/chapters/vii)

Decides to precipitate an intercontinental war after the execution of Dean and Rosetti; also plots to break MacDonald and Buchwald for betraying his interests.

### [The Decade's Reckoning](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_36_se/chapters/viii)

Genoese team leader, advocates free competition, orders intelligence agents placed on Texcoco.

### [The Fortieth Year Conference](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_36_se/chapters/x)

Mentioned as having been imprisoned after his financial empire collapsed; his absence is a point of contention.

### [Chapter XII: The Reckoning at Rigel](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_36_se/chapters/xii)

Former head of the expedition, returns from captivity to reclaim leadership and expresses bitterness at the Earth teams' failures.

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