Editing Herbert Stein (section)

==Biography==
[[File:President Nixon meeting with economic advisors and Cabinet members - NARA - 194579.jpg|thumb|left|A meeting of [[Nixon administration]] economic advisors and cabinet members on May 7, 1974. Clockwise from [[Richard Nixon]]: [[George P. Shultz]], [[James T. Lynn]], [[Alexander M. Haig, Jr.]], [[Roy L. Ash]], Herbert Stein, and [[William E. Simon]].]]
Stein was born on August 27, 1916, in [[Detroit|Detroit, Michigan]], and his family moved to New York during the [[Great Depression]].  He enrolled in [[Williams College]] just before he turned 16. After graduating with [[Phi Beta Kappa]] honors, he went to [[Washington, DC]], to work as an economist in various agencies. He received his [[Doctor of Philosophy|PhD]] in economics from the [[University of Chicago]] in 1958.<ref>{{Cite book|title=The Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives|publisher=Charles Scribner's Sons|year=2002|editor-last=Jackson|editor-first=Kenneth T.|volume=5|location=New York|pages=555–556}}</ref>

Stein, who died September 8, 1999, in Washington, DC, was married to Mildred Stein, who died in 1997 after 61 years of marriage. He is the father of the lawyer, author, and actor [[Ben Stein]] and the writer Rachel Stein. Herbert Stein was also the original writer for the advice column [[Dear Prudence (advice column)|Dear Prudence]].