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Author, economist and TV celebrity Ben Stein argues that the current downturn in the U.S. economy will not last for as long or be as severe as man...
Author, economist and TV celebrity Ben Stein argues that the current downturn in the U.S. economy will not last for as long or be as severe as many analysts are predicting.
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How Not to Ruin Your Life with Ben Stein.
You may know him best for his deadpan delivery in Ferris Bueller's Day Off, or his offbeat game show, "Win Ben Stein's Money." But this active thinker is also a major contributor to current discussions and understanding of business, ethical and social issues in the world of finance, and the political and social content of mass culture. Come hear this polymath speak about the many economic, political and social issues confronting us today - The Commonwealth Club of California
Ben Stein is a lawyer, economist, and commentator on finance (and a well-known actor and Hollywood personality).
Stein served as an economist at the U.S. Department of Commerce. He has been a longtime contributor to Barron's and a columnist and editorial writer for the Wall Street Journal. He has also written extensively about finance for New York magazine and the Washington Post.
In addition to writing for Yahoo! Finance, he currently writes a biweekly column on economics and finance for the New York Times and appears weekly on the Fox News network commenting on finance and economics.
He is the author of several personal finance books, including How to Ruin Your Financial Life, Moneypower: How to Make Inflation Make You Rich, Financial Passages, and - with Phil DeMuth - the best-sellers Yes, You Can Time the Market, Yes, You Can Be a Successful Income Investor, and the forthcoming Yes, You Can Still Retire Comfortably.
Stein is Honorary Chair of the National Retirement Planning Coalition, and lives in Los Angeles, Calif.
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Well of course the economy is just perfect FOR JEWS BECAUSE THEY HAVE ALL OF THE MONEY!!! God this guy is an IDIOT! By the way, God warned us about YOU PEOPLE CLAIMING TO BE JEWS BUT DO LIE! WE KNOW YOU ARE A ZIONIST NEW WORLD ORDER SCUMBAG WITH SACKS OF CASH, SO SHUT UP AND GET OUT BEN STEIN, WE DO NOT WANT YOU ANYMORE! LEAVE THE CASH THOUGH...
this guy is dumb.... mentioning the poor just half a second and thinking they will be alright aslong as the elites get to keep their bmw's. people are in a sick state, and i like to call this sickness : money. recourse based economy plz.
I really like Ben Stein. However I have to disagree about the length of unemployment. I hold a masters degree and have an excellent work history. I have been out of work for over 7 months. Two of my friends have been out of work for 9 months and I know many others that have been unemployed for well over 6 weeks..
This was early in 2008. At the time of his speech that was still probably true. He was wrong about the severity of the downturn. But he was going off of history. We are in uncharted waters here. The problem is the Government is hindering our ability for a recovery and the American people just don't seem to realize this.
You're an idiot. Find out what credit default swaps mean. Find out about the trillion dollars of subprime damage that Stein only says is $100 billion. Find out that we still got another trillion and half of damage to go. watch?v=iUuROWEMjm0
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mentioning the poor just half a second and thinking they will be alright aslong as the elites get to keep their bmw's.
people are in a sick state, and i like to call this sickness : money.
recourse based economy plz.