Herbert Stein was an American economist, a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, and a member of the board of contributors of The Wall Street Journal.
10 Facts About Herbert Stein
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Herbert Stein was the chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers under Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford.
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Herbert Stein enrolled in Williams College just before he turned 16.
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Herbert Stein received his doctorate of philosophy in economics from the University of Chicago in 1958.
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Herbert Stein, who died September 8,1999, in Washington, DC, was married to Mildred Herbert Stein, who died in 1997 after 61 years of marriage.
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Herbert Stein is the father of the lawyer, author, and actor Ben Stein and the writer Rachel Stein.
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Herbert Stein was the original writer for the advice column Dear Prudence.
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In one article, Herbert Stein wrote that the people who wore an "Adam Smith necktie" did so to.
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Herbert Stein viewed government intervention in the market with great skepticism.
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Herbert Stein regarded his exposition of the virtues of the free market as his main contribution to policy, and the purpose for which his economic analysis was developed.