The World According to Ben Stein : Wit, Wisdom & Even More Wit - Ben Stein

The World According to Ben Stein

Wit, Wisdom & Even More Wit

By: Ben Stein

Hardcover | 16 April 2025

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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.

Industry Reviews

Praise for The Capitalist Code: It Can Save Your Life and Make You Very Rich by Ben Stein

"My friend, Ben Stein, has written a short book that tells you everything you need to know about investing (and in words you can understand). Follow Ben's advice and you will do far better than almost all investors (and I include pension funds, universities and the super-rich) who pay high fees to advisors." " -- Warren Buffett

"In The Capitalist Code, the latest in a series of books aimed at younger readers with whom he [Ben Stein] has established a unique rapport, his intention is to talk about basic investing in a down-to-earth and commonsensical way, the prose always direct and straightforward, never abstract or complex." -- The Washington Times


Praise for The Little Book of Bulletproof Investing: Do's and Don'ts to Protect Your Financial Life by Ben Stein & Phil DeMuth

"There's a wealth of common sense contained in this new entry into Wiley's popular Little Book series. It gets the essentials of successful investing right, and the authors' 'Tangent' portfolios present an interesting appraisal of historic returns. While I'm not at all sure that they (or anything else) are 'bulletproof, ' enjoy the interesting and zippy read, and draw your own conclusions." - John C. Bogle, founder and former chief, The Vanguard Group

"Ben and Phil have pulled off a seemingly impossible feat: a concise, comprehensive financial guide that goes down like chocolate mousse. Many readers will laugh, some will cry, few will be able to put it down, and all will be better off for the experience, both financially and personally." - William Bernstein, investment advisor and author of The Investor's Manifesto and A Splendid Exchange

"Most investing books tell you all the tricks to get rich. They lie. Ben and Phil tell you there aren't any tricks, just some common sense that somehow eludes most people. They tell you not to let your own behavioral biases kill you. To stay diversified. To make small tilts in the direction of assets that other people's biases make them shun. And many more. Mostly, and this one is my piece of common sense, don't waste your money on tons of investing books, but buy this one." - Clifford Asness, Managing and Founding Principal, AQR Capital Management

"Ben and Phil have written a bunch of investment books, and I've read them all, but this one is their shortest AND their best. Stein and DeMuth have indeed found the Holy Grail of Investing. The chart on page 79 proves it. I salute them." - Mark Skousen, Editor of Forecasts & Strategies


Praise For The Little Book of Alternative Investments: Reaping Rewards by Daring to be Different by Ben Stein and Phil DeMuth

"They've reported, I've decided. There is an investment strategy beyond stocks. Leave it to Ben and Phil to lead us through it. Little book? Try, big insight." -- Neil Cavuto, Fox News and Fox Business

"Ben and Phil have done it again. Another lucid, insightful book, designed to enhance your wealth! In today's stock-addled cult of equities, there is a gaping hole in most investors' portfolios...the whole panoply of alternative investments that can simultaneously help us cut our risk, better hedge our inflation risk, and boost our return. This Little Book is filled with big ideas on how to make these markets and strategies a treasured part of our investing toolkit." -- Robert Arnott, Chairman, Research Affiliates

"I have been reading Ben Stein for thirty-five years and Phil DeMuth since he joined up with Ben ten years ago. They do solid work, and this latest is no exception." -- Jim Rogers, author of A Gift to My Children

"If anyone can make hedge funds sexy, Stein and DeMuth can, and they've done it with style in this engaging, instructive, and tasteful how-to guide for investing in alternatives. But you should read this Kama Sutra of investment manuals not just for the thrills, but also to learn how to avoid the hazards of promiscuous and unprotected investing." -- Andrew Lo, Professor and Director, MIT Laboratory for Financial Engineering

"A great little book for investors who are trying to improve their asset allocation. Lots of meat and fun to read." -- Brenda Jubin, Ph.D., Seeking Alpha

"Chock full of easy to digest information, useful advice, specific fund recommendations and it is a hoot and a holler to read. Not a dull page in it. And it will tell you just about everything you need to know about these essential alternative investment portfolio diversifiers." -- Consuelo Mack, WealthTrack

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