Economic education for consumers / Roger LeRoy Miller and Alan D. Stafford.
By: Miller, Roger LeRoy
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Contributor(s): Stafford, Alan D.
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BookPublisher: Australia : Thomson/South Western College Publishing, 2006Edition: 3rd ed.Description: xvii, 632 p. : col. Ill. ; 29 cm. + hbk.ISBN: 0538441119.Subject(s): Finance, Personal | Consumer educationDDC classification: 381.33 | Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Barcode | |
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| General lending | MTU Bishopstown Library Lending | 381.33 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00106500 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
EDUCATION FOR CONSUMERS, 3rd Edition brings economic, consumer, and personal finance topics to life. Exciting changes to this edition include a bright new design and updated information on important changes in technology, banking, and taxes. Organized into several class-length lessons, each chapter contains several features to capture and maintain student interest, such as Consumer Alert, What in the World?, Vote Your Wallet, Buy the Number$, Consumer in Action!, Guess What?, Math of Money, Cyber Consumer, Primary Sources, and Communicate. Journal activities, located at the beginning and end of each chapter, connect the theme of each chapter and reinforce communication skills. The Life Span Plan Project links all aspects of personal finance to the student's life in a capstone project, using icons throughout each chapter to encourage students to think about how each topic relates to their own "Life Span Plan."
Includes index.
Consumers - The engine that runs the economy -- Buying technology products - Let's talk tech -- Consumer protection - rights, responsibilities, resolutions -- Choose a career - get a job -- Income taxes - How much will you keep? -- Budgeting - How will you use your money? -- Banking services - Where to stash your cash -- Saving - Plan for financial security -- Investing - Prepare for your future -- Credit - You're in charge -- Budget essentials - Food, clothes and fun -- Transportation - How will you get there? -- Housing - a place to call home -- Automobile and home insurance - sharing the risk -- Health and life insurance - your personal security -- Choose services - when you need help -- Global economy - What it means to you.
Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- Chapter 1
- 1.1 Decisions, Decisions
- 1.2 Make Decisions
- 1.3 Understand Economic Systems
- 1.4 Consumer's Role in the Economy
- 1.5 Advertising and Consumer Decisions
- 1.6 Be a Responsible Consumer
- Chapter 2 Buying Technology Products: Let's Talk Tech
- 2.1 Technology and Consumer Choice
- 2.2 Move into Cyberspace
- 2.3 Choose a Personal Computer
- 2.4 Shop on the Net
- 2.5 Protect Yourself on the Internet
- Chapter 3 Consumer Protection: Rights, Responsibilities, Resolutions
- 3.1 Consumer Rights and Responsibilities
- 3.2 Government and Consumer Protection
- 3.3 Deception and Fraud
- 3.4 Resolve Consumer Problems
- Chapter 4 Choose a Career: Get a Job
- 4.1 Get to Know Yourself
- 4.2 Explore Careers
- 4.3 Apply for a Job
- 4.4 Interview Successfully
- 4.5 Prepare for the Future
- Chapter 5 Taxes: How Much Income Will You Keep?
- 5.1 Taxes and Your Paycheck
- 5.2 File a Tax Return
- 5.3 Taxes and Government
- 5.4 Government Spending
- Chapter 6 Budgeting: How Will You Use Your Money?
- 6.1 Choose Financial Goals
- 6.2 Track Income and Expenses
- 6.3 Your Budget Worksheet
- 6.4 Create Your Budget for the Year
- Chapter 7 Banking Services: Where to Stash Your Cash
- 7.1 How Banks Work
- 7.2 Use Your Checking Account
- 7.3 Electronic Banking
- 7.4 Balance Your Checkbook
- 7.5 Other Banking Services
- Chapter 8 Saving: Plan for Financial Security
- 8.1 Why Save?
- 8.2 Savings Institutions and Account
- 8.3 Save with Safety
- 8.4 Simple and Compound Interest
- Chapter 9 Investing: Prepare for Your Future
- 9.1 Investing Basics
- 9.2 How to Invest in Corporations
- 9.3 How to Invest in Mutual Funds
- 9.4 Research Investments
- 9.5 Retirement and Other Investments
- Chapter 10 Credit: You're in Charge
- 10.1 What is Credit?
- 10.2 How to Qualify for Credit
- 10.3 Sources of Consumer Credit
- 10.4 Credit Rights and Responsibilities
- 10.5 Maintain a Good Credit Rating Chapter
- 11 Budget Essentials: Food, Clothes, Fun
- 11.1 Nutrition Facts
- 11.2 Shop for a Healthful Diet
- 11.3 Evaluate Clothes Choices
- 11.4 Recreation and Travel
- Chapter 12 Transportation: How Will You Get The re?
- 12.1 Transportation Basics
- 12.2 How to Choose a Car
- 12.3 To Buy or Lease?
- 12.4 The Car-Buying Process
- 12.5 How to Maintain a Car
- Chapter 13 Housing: A Place to Call Home
- 13.1 Your Housing Options
- 13.2 How to Rent an Apartment
- 13.3 How to Buy a Home
- 13.4 How to Furnish Your Home
- Chapter 14 Automobile and Home Insurance: Sharing the Risk
- 14.1 Insurance Basics
- 14.2 Automobile Insurance
- 14.3 Home Insurance Coverage
- 14.4 Providers and the Claims Process
- Chapter 15 Health and Life Insurance: Your Personal Security
- 15.1 Health Insurance Basics
- 15.2 Health Insurance Plans
- 15.3 Choose a Health Plan
- 15.4 Health Care Rights and Responsibilities
- 15.5 Life Insurance
- Chapter 16 Choose Services: When You Need Help
- 16.1 Health Care Providers
- 16.2 Legal Service Providers
- 16.3 Government Assistance
- Chapter 17 Global Economy: What It Means to You
- 17.1 The Nature of International Trade
- 17.2 U.S. Economy and World Trade
- 17.3 Government and the Economy
- 17.4 It's a Global Economy