THE WIT AND WISDOM AND MORE WIT FROM AMERICA'S BEST KNOWN ECONOMIST, PERSONAL FINANCE EXPERT, ACTOR, WRITER AND POLITICAL COMMENTATOR.
Ben Stein, a polymath famous and beloved for his iconic movie and tv roles, bestselling books and humorous writings and tv commentary, shares his views on love, money, politics and living the American Dream and how you too can lead an informed, politically sane, healthy, wealthy, and happy life full of love and family.
In his keen, perceptive, informative and always entertaining style, Stein shares his views on a life well lived and lessons learned, how to make the most of your money, prioritizing your family, and explores American culture and politics, the humorous, the heartbreaking, and the maddening.
In this collection of the best of Ben Stein's Newsmax DREEMZ columns, Stein shares his passionate opinions, stark warnings and thoughtful, sensitive musings on such varied topics as:
- Love, Humor, Forgiveness, and Dogs
- Why Mistakes Happen When Government Gets Too Big
- The Miracles of Modern Life
- Why All's Fair in Politics and War
- Life's Cornerstones and Curveballs
- Why Anger and Hate Have No Place in Public Life
- The Economics of Love
- Why We Owe a Debt of Gratitude to Servicemen and Women
- TV's Brave New Reality: A United America
- Why the Government is Not Responsible for Your Success - You Are
- America: Why I Cherish this Unbelievable Gift
- And why "These Are Not the End Times"
The World According to Ben Stein offers honest insights, humor and hope from one of the great humorists on political economy and how life works in this nation.
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Ben Stein (Los Angeles, CA) is the most famous economics teacher in America. His comedic role as the droning economics teacher in Ferris Bueller's Day Off is by far the most widely viewed scene of economics teaching in economics history and has been ranked as one of the fifty most famous scenes in movie history. But in real life, Ben Stein is a powerful thinkers on economics, politics, education and history and motivation - and like his father, Herbert Stein, considered one of the great humorists on political economy and how life works in this nation. Stein in real life has a bachelor's with honors in economics from Columbia, studied econ at the graduate level at Yale, is a graduate of Yale Law School ( valedictorian of his class by election of his classmates in 1970), and has as diverse a resume as any man in America. His background includes...poverty lawyer for poor people in New Haven, trade regulation lawyer for the FTC, speech writer for Presidents Nixon and Ford, columnist and editorial writer for The Wall Street Journal, columnist for The New York Times, teacher about law and economics at UC, Santa Cruz and Pepperdine. Stein was the 2009 winner of the Malcolm Forbes Award for Excellence in Financial Journalism.
Stein was the co-host, along with Jimmy Kimmel, of the pathbreaking Comedy Central game show, Win Ben Stein's Money, which won seven Emmys, including ones for Ben and Jimmy for best game show host(s); surely making him the only well-known economist to win an Emmy. Presently, he writes a column for The American Spectator and for NewsMax, and is a regular commentator on Fox News, CNN, Newsmax TV and on CBS Sunday Morning. Stein has written or co-written roughly 30 books, mostly about investing, many of them New York Times bestsellers, including: The Capitalist Code: It Can Save Your Life and Make You Very Rich.
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Select Ben Stein Newsmax DREEMZ articles since 2008
> Stories, Observations & Daily Life
- The Blessings of a New Year - Every Year - Recounted
- Think of Me as a Wandering Minstral
- Life Teaches Timeless Lessons
- Cherish Your Moments - Before Time Slips Away
- Turning Points that Shaped My Life
- A Winter of Chilling Memories
- Fangs for the Memories
- Life's Cornerstones and Curveballs
- Be Grateful Even When Life Storms Around You
- Hope for the Best, Prepare for the Worst
- Staying Sane - Step by Step
- A Lesson in Self-Reliance
- Out of Step in a World Without Connections
- Let's Wake Up. It's Vicious Out There.
- We Cannot Be Ignorant
- Living in the Twilight Zone
- Surviving in the Era of Hysteria
- Count Your Blessings in Times of Distress
- Our Principles Can Still Triumph Over Terror
- It's Everyone's Else's Fault' Era Still Thriving
- Struggling With Our Reality
- In Praise of Make-Believe
- Time to Shape Up or Ship Out
- The Future is Not Here
- Insanity at 30,000 Feet
- Find Order In the Chaos
- My Life's Highways, Revisited
- Traveling in America is a Joy. I'm Not Kidding
- Cars Put Us on the Road to Freedom
- Red Corvettes Forever!
- Nightmare on Highway 10
- Sunday Terror on Highway 10
- My California
- On a Magnificent Lake: Goodbye Crowds, Hello Clouds
- Scenes from Beverly Hills
- LA Is Beautiful But New York Has Just Gotten Uglier
- The Terrible California Wildfires
- What's Right With This Picture?
- Graham's Passing Highlights Our Spiritual Decline
- The New Boss Seems A Lot Like the Old Boss
- Be Thankful We Can Help Others
- These Are Not the End Times
- 'One Day at a Time' The Only Way In a Time of Plague
- Coronavirus Is Not the End of the World
- A Time for Unity and Prayer
- Mostly Sunny, With a Few Clouds
- The Miracles of Modern Life
- Light at the End of the Tunnel
- Pieces of Heaven
Ben on Love, Marriage & Family
- The Economics of Love
- On Love, Humor, Forgiveness, and Dogs
- Ponder the Valuable Things in Life
- The Superstars of My Life
- A Tribute to Mother, She Fought For Me
- Love of Family Reigns Above All
- Money is Important But Love Comes First
- True Love - the Scarecest Commodity
- Marriage - Through Good Times and Bad
- A Letter to My New Grandaughter
- For the Sake of Your Loved Ones, Get Life Insurance
Ben on Health, Aging & Addiction
- Aging Awakens You to Need for Quality Healthcare
- Addiction Has Taken Root in America
- Thank Double Standard on Alcohol, Drugs for Addictions
- Sobering Thoughts About Alcoholics Anonymous
- Marijuana Is a Cancer
- The Pain of Substance Abuse
- Lonely, Painful Road of Drugs and Alcohol
- No Booze. No Drugs. And a Grateful Heart.
- Make Anti-Ballistic Missiles Priority Over Healthcare
Ben on Money & Personal Success
- I'm No Longer Rich, But God's Been Good
- Plan for a Secure Future Today
- Want a Better Life? Invest
- Spend Time in the Market - Not Timing the Market
- Annuities Safeguard Against Calamities
- Save Now, Live Better
- Nothing Beats Saving for a Rainy Day
- Prepare Now for an Economic Crisis
- Make An Escape Plan for Economic Crisis
- Stock Market Dive? Don't Panic
- No Substitute for Solid Retirement Planning
- Financial Planners Plan for Life
- No Way Around Skillful Money Management
- Flexibility, Ambition Needed in this Tough Economy
- Menial Jobs Better Than No Jobs
- Hard Work Reduces Income Inequality
- Government is Not Responsible for Your Success - You Are
Ben on the American Dream & World Econom…