Classic ‘Ferris Bueller’ Scene Goes Viral as Trump Tariffs Take Hold

‘Anyone? Anyone?’: How a classic ‘Ferris Bueller’ clip is playing out with Trump’s tariff trade war with Canada today

It was called the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act, named after the two U.S. Senators who brought it forward. In the classic scene, the teacher asks “Anyone? Anyone?” as he looks for a response to his questions, which he ends up answering himself.

Classic ‘Ferris Bueller’ Scene Goes Viral Amid Trump Tariffs

On Monday, Trump went through with his tariff threats, imposing 25 percent hikes on both Mexico and Canada.

'Ferris Bueller' Clip Explaining Tariff Disaster In 1930 Goes Viral Amid Trump's Tariff War

People are nodding their heads after a clip from the movie Ferris Bueller's Day Off in which Ben Stein's teacher character explains the disastrous results of the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act in 1930 went viral after President Donald Trump's announced tariffs on goods imported from Canada and Mexico. The scene features a high school economics teacher, played by Ben Stein, lecturing his uninterested students about the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act—a real-li…

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.

Ferris Bueller scene goes viral as Trump tariffs take effect

Ben Stein plays an economics teacher explaining how tariffs exacerbated the Great Depression

Will tariffs spark recession? Anyone? Anyone? ‘Ferris Bueller’ clip explains - National

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.