Ferris Bueller, Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act

Now’s the Perfect Time to Revisit the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Lesson from 'Ferris Bueller'
In March 2025, social media is revisiting the Smoot-Hawley Tariff lesson from 'Ferris Bueller's Day Off' as Trump's tariffs take effect.
Will tariffs spark recession? Anyone? Anyone? ‘Ferris Bueller’ clip explains
As Canada braces for a recession, a clip from the classic 1986 film 'Ferris Bueller's Day Off' dives into the question of whether tariffs make an economic downturn more likely.
Classic ‘Ferris Bueller’ Scene Goes Viral as Trump Tariffs Take Hold
A famous Ferris Bueller’s Day Off scene has gone viral after President Donald Trump’s all-out tariff war went into effect. Dazed students in a classroom listen as their boring high school teacher explains the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act—one of the most catastrophic bills in American history, which is being compared to Trump’s current tariffs plan.
“Ferris Bueller” Clip Goes Viral amid Trump's Tariff War for Its Painfully Simple Economy Lesson
"Ferris Bueller is strikingly more instructive than 99.99% of political commentators on tariffs," wrote one economics professor as Donald Trump's controversial tariffs take effect
Why is this scene from 'Ferris Bueller's Day Off' suddenly hot? Anyone? Anyone?
All this recent talk of tariffs has sparked fresh interest in an iconic scene from a great John Hughes film set in 1980s Chicago. Anyone? Anyone? The film is “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off,” a 1986 coming-of-age comedy that stars Matthew Broderick as an impish student who leads his friends in a day of cutting class on the streets of Chicago.
Did you know? ‘Ferris Bueller’s Day Off’ gives us a lesson on what to expect from tariffs
Ferris Bueller’s Day Off – the classic 1980s film by John Hughes about Matthew Broderick’s titular character convincing his friends to play hooky – has a surprising lesson about our current economic situation hidden in it.
What 125 years of data says about diversification and investing at record highs
Making its way around social media was the clip from “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off” in which the economist Ben Stein explained ...
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THEN & NOW: The cast of 'Ferris Bueller's Day Off' 30 years later
He then played a delinquent at the police station in "Ferris Bueller's Day Off." NOW: He starred in the Academy Award-winning "Platoon" that same year and went on to star in a number of ...
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Ferris High School parents stage 62nd annual Ham on Regal show next week
SPOKANE, Wash - A one-of-a-kind Spokane tradition kicks off Sunday, as hundreds of "marginally talented" Ferris High School ...
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Ferris Bueller's Day Off - Full Cast & Crew
High school student Ferris Bueller wants a day off from school and he's developed an incredibly sophisticated plan to pull it off. He talks his friend Cameron and his girlfriend Sloane into ...
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Will Elsbeth Complete Ferris Bueller Trifecta? Is Captain America Latest to Snub Secret Invasion? Did SNL ‘In Memoriam’ Forget Someone? More Qs!
Vlada Gelman, Matt Webb Mitovich, Kimberly Roots, Ryan Schwartz, Rebecca Luther, Dave Nemetz, Charlie Mason, Nick Caruso and Andy Swift ...
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Mission Ferris Bueller comes through again
Paaverud started Mission Ferris Bueller three years ago with the intent ... “We are thrilled the troops will now have two sets of new sheets each,” said Paaverud. “They also have the option ...