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Stein acted as the monotonous economics teacher in the 1986 movie Ferris Bueller's Day Off. In one scene, he lectures on the Smoot-Hawley Tariff of 1930 and the then-current debate over supply-side economics. Stein played similarly bland and unemotional characters.
The Tariff Act of 1930 (codified at 19 U.S.C. ch. 4), commonly known as the Smoot–Hawley Tariff or Hawley–Smoot Tariff, [1] was a law that implemented protectionist trade policies in the United States. Sponsored by Senator Reed Smoot and Representative Willis C. Hawley, it was signed by President Herbert Hoover on June 17, 1930.
On Thursday, President Donald Trump said that he would be imposing tariffs for aluminum and steel. The move has almost no support among economists, including his advisors, with the notable ...
In May 2018, more than 1,000 economists wrote a letter warning Trump about the dangers of pursuing a trade war, arguing that the tariffs were echoing historical policy errors, such as the Smoot–Hawley Tariff Act, which helped lead to the Great Depression. [214]
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Fans of John Hughes' classic Ferris Bueller's Day Off will have to keep waiting for a real sequel. A teaser with Matthew Broderick reprising his role as the happy-go-lucky Bueller -- sort of -- is ...
Ferris Bueller's Day Off is a 1986 American teen comedy film written, co-produced, and directed by John Hughes. The film stars Matthew Broderick , Mia Sara , and Alan Ruck , with supporting roles from Jennifer Grey , Jeffrey Jones , Cindy Pickett , Edie McClurg , Lyman Ward , and Charlie Sheen .
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