Ben Stein was the monotone economics teacher at Ferris Bueller's high school, somehow delivering one of the most memorable scenes in the entire film. “It came about after a longtime friend who was a ...

In one of the more oft-cited scenes from the 1986 film Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, an economics teacher is boring his class to death and calling on anyone – “Anyone? Anyone?” – to take a shot at his ...

Ben Stein, famous for his role as the boring economics teacher in “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off,” discussed family, politics, show business and his book “How to Ruin Your Life” last night in the Student ...

Emily Anderson didn't like her college economics class. Guess what course she wound up teaching in high school? Microeconomics. But Anderson plunged enthusiastically into the job, viewing it as a ...