Ben Stein offers laughter, insight, and tears as he explores the economy, life`s greatest absurdities, and how to balance life`s priorities. An exceptionally gifted economist, he picks through the issues and sheds intense light on the economy (how we got into this mess and how we`re going to get out of it and make sure it never happens again), how to effect real change, and his views on Washington (we need more regulation and more prosecution to combat the endless waste, fraud, and abuse in Washington). He believes that economic forecasting is still a gambit, not a science – more like astrology than mathematics. Ben Stein is a lawyer, actor, writer, and economist who teaches investors to learn the lessons and act as if the worst could happen again at any time – it can and it will.