'Ferris Bueller's Day Off' Tariffs Scene Hits Hard After Trump Win

‘Bueller? Bueller?’ — This iconic scene with Ben Stein might be 37 years old but feels like essential viewing as we all argue about tariffs

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[terrypetersen]

What's sad is I get the same expressions from grown adults when I try to explain how tariffs actually work.

[kittenhrdr]

This actor, Ben Stein, actually worked in the whitehouse...anyone, under Nixon.

[atroyz]

When I was 8, I saw this movie and thought the teacher (Ben Stein) was super boring.
Now I’m a teacher and completely sympathize with him.

[corabraley]

This is WHY we need to teach our children history.

[Reluctant.Idealist]

I have a BA in History. This is what I’ve been SCREAMING.

THANK YOU.

[pb_and_nutella]

This is why they want to eliminate the department of education

[Steve-wzpz]

It is super difficult to educate those who already know everything.

History repeats when people are uneducated about history!

[ianparks]

As a kid I thought this was boring. Now As a Finance and Accounting major working as a legal administrator, I love this

[janicebunch]

it's almost been 100. years since the Great Depression. Great is such a good word...where have we seen that Again?

[miguelurdaci]

He didn't explain why at all. He just said it didn't work. The explanation is really simple: it is always the consumer who pays any additional costs

[diego]

After all these years, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, is still teaching me things.

[dietotaku]

doesn't really explain WHY tariffs don't work though. the answer is pretty simple: companies aren't just gonna pay a tariff and eat that cost, they're going to pass it on to the consumer by raising their prices. capitalism works on the golden rule: he who has the gold makes the rules.

[davidmenasco]

So funny. The actor in this clip, Ben Stein, was also a conservative Republican political commentator. He worked as a speech writer for Nixon. His father was an economist in the Nixon administration.

Republicans don't seem to care that Trump is Republican In Name Only.

[billiebobbienorton]

Those who fail to learn from history are condemned to repeat it.

[rolandpalencia]

Keeping people ignorant is a gift to the demagogues.

[kenmonger]

Those who don’t learn from history are doomed to repeat it.

[dinosaur]

The irony is that Trump has said he doesn't want to be the next Herbert Hoover yet Hoover supported the tariff act and was blamed for its failure.

[youreprobablytheworst]

On a side note this man made a entire lifelong career being that same character. Tv, commercials, movies… same character wow.👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

[kevinforeman]

We got a person who filed for bankruptcy making financial decisions for the country.