I'm an economist by training. I don't really work as an economist. I only worked briefly as an economist.
Ben SteinI don't believe the most successful people are the ones who got the best grades, got into the best schools, or made the most money.
Ben SteinI'd say the main way people get into terrible financial trouble is just to spend too much money relative to their income, and that is an endemic problem in the United States of America, and that's the kind of thing that should be taught about in schools.
Ben Stein