Herbert Stein has long been noted for the objectivity, clarity and wit of his writing on the American economy. Millions of people have been reading, enjoying and learning from his articles in the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, the Washington Post and Slate magazine on the Internet. Now, after 65 years as a student, teacher, presidential adviser and commentator, he has collected his latest observations on the past and the present of the American economy and on his own life and times.