Ben Stein: Celebrity Economist
Economist, author, and renowned commentator Ben Stein delivers insightful and entertaining perspectives on economics, politics, and American life.
Quick Facts:
- Acclaimed economist and public policy commentator
- Yale Law School graduate and class valedictorian
- Holds an economics degree with honors from Columbia University
- Former speechwriter for Presidents Nixon and Ford
- Formats:
Economics Speaker | Political Commentator
- Audiences:
Business leaders, financial institutions, associations, universities, investors, educators, and organizations interested in economics, history, and current affairs.
- Outcomes:
- Gain a clearer understanding of economic and political trends
- Learn historical lessons that apply to modern challenges
- Explore practical perspectives on success, leadership, and life
- Travels from: Los Angeles, CA
- **Fee range: $50,001 - $75,000
Keynote Topics
How to Ruin America and How to Save it
Based on his popular How To Ruin book series, Stein offers this entertaining, satirical presentation as he suggests surefire ways to ruin the greatest nation in the history of the human race.
For instance: Trust the United Nations to protect us and our security; encourage contempt for the family and for the community; allow Hollywood to brainwash us into believing that only suckers and criminals fight for their country; and treat the military, the police, firefighters, and teachers as losers and pay them starvation wages.
How Successful People Win
It is an eye-opening presentation using as its central metaphor the life of the cowboy and his behavior as he leaves his bunkhouse.
Based upon a lifetime of observation of successful people and how they got that way, Stein suggests you imitate the determination, inner mobility, activity, flexibility-and the refusal to indulge in self-pity-of the cowboy in order to get what you want out of life.
Further Topics
- How You Can Sell Anyone Anything
- Ben Stein on the Economic Crisis
- Ben Stein on Life
- Ben Stein on Politics in America
- A Positive Program To Beat the Retirement Crisis
- What Does It All Mean for You?
- The Economic Meltdown and How It Happened and How You Can Survive It and Thrive
Talent Short Bio
Ben Stein is one of America’s most recognizable voices on economics, public policy, and history. Best known to millions for his unforgettable role as the monotone economics teacher in Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, he has built a remarkable career that spans law, government, journalism, education, entertainment, and finance.
Behind the famous movie scene lies an accomplished scholar with a degree in economics from Columbia University, graduate studies in economics at Yale, and a law degree from Yale Law School, where he was elected valedictorian by his classmates. His intellectual depth, combined with his trademark wit and storytelling ability, has made him one of the country’s most engaging speakers.
Ben’s diverse career includes serving as a poverty lawyer in New Haven, a trade regulation attorney for the Federal Trade Commission, and a speechwriter for Presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford. He later became a columnist and editorial writer for The Wall Street Journal and taught law and economics at both the University of California, Santa Cruz and Pepperdine University.
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