Ben Stein

Ben Stein is probably the closest any man comes these days to being a true renaissance man. His financial and economics work was cited in the efforts of the recent Nobel prize winner in Economics, George Akerlof. Ben Stein is also the host of the long running comedy quiz show on Comedy Central, Win Ben Stein's Money, a show that has won seven Emmies.

Ben Stein has written hundreds of thousands of words about financial fraud and investment policy, but two words made him a household name: "Bueller" and "Anyone, Anyone" (From his iconic role in Ferris Bueller's Day Off).

Ben Stein was born in Washington, DC, grew up in Maryland and attended Columbia University, graduating in 1966 with honors in economics. In 1970, Stein graduated Yale Law School and was voted valedictorian by his fellow classmates. Ben Stein has worked was a trial lawyer and a poverty lawyer, and also as a university adjunct at American University, the University of California at Santa Cruz and Pepperdine University, teaching about political and social content of mass culture.

Ben Stein has written novels that the New York Times describes as "stunning," but what you have probably heard him talk about recently are "dry eyes, red eyes, and clear eyes." He worked and demonstrated and struggled for voting rights for African Americans, and he also was a speech writer for Richard Nixon and for Gerald Ford.

Ben Stein introduced the world to complex concepts of the politics of culture, but he also introduced the world to Jimmy Kimmel and made possible The Man Show. Lawyer, teacher, actor, comic, economist, father, novelist, essayist, expert on finance, meet Ben Stein!