Here, we’ll turn the mic over to the incomparable Ben Stein, a former Nixon speechwriter who reinvented himself as an entertainer and earned a scene-stealing role in “Ferris Bueller” as a dull-as-dirt ...

In March 2025, social media is revisiting the Smoot-Hawley Tariff lesson from 'Ferris Bueller's Day Off' as Trump's tariffs take effect.

Ben Stein became a “Generation X” icon with his timeless role as a beleaguered high school economics teacher in the 1986 cultural touchstone, “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off.” In his star-making scene, ...

A classic scene from the 1986 John Hughes comedy Ferris Bueller’s Day Off has resurfaced on social media as users link it to ...

Making its way around social media was the clip from “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off” in which the economist Ben Stein explained the Smoot-Hawley Act, when Republicans raised tariffs in a bid to ...

Here, we’ll turn the mic over to the incomparable Ben Stein, a former Nixon speechwriter who reinvented himself as an entertainer and earned a scene-stealing role in “Ferris Bueller” as a ...