Economic issues for consumers/
Roger Leroy Miller and Phillis Basile
- 4thed.
- New York: West publishing company , 1984.
- vi, 354p.: ill.; 25cm.
- Study guide .
Table of contents
Introduction 1. The age of a consumer 1 2. The consumer gets a voice 9 Consume Issue A: How to get help for consumer problems consumer Issue B: How to use a small claims court 3. The information glut 23 4. The many faces of fraud 33 5. Making up your mind 41 6. The economics of love and pain Consumer Issue C: Making a decision about children 53 7. The consumer as wage earner Consumer Issues D: How to choose and start a career 65 8. You have to live with what you have Consumer Issue E: How to budget your limited income 76 9. The high cost of living 95 Consumer Issue F: Protecting yourself against inflation 10. Consuming energy 106 Consumer Issue G: Cutting down energy costs 11. Banks and the Banking system 116 Consumer Issue H: Coping with banks and their services 12. The over extended American 125 Consumer Issue I: Coping with the credit Maze 125 Appendix I: Going into personal Bankruptcy 13.The $500 billion stomach 150 Consumer Issue J: How to get the most for your food Dollar 14. More than Just keeping warm162 Consumer Issue K: Getting the most for your clothes shopping dollar 15. Putting a roof over your head 174 Consumer Issue L: Buying, selling and insuring a place to live Consumer Issue M: Renting a place to live 16. The appliance society 191 Consumer issue N: Buying and servicing your consumer durables Consumer Issue O: Buying a home personal computer 17. Getting There by car is half the worry 206 Consumer Issue P: Buying transportation 206 18. The health care dilemma 218 Consumer Issue Q: How to keep your medical costs down Appendix II: Providing for the ultimate expense 19. Other forms of protection: Life insurance and social security 234 Consumer issue R: How to meet your insurance needs 20. Saving 259 Consumer Issue S: How to save 21. Investing 268 Consumer Issue T: How to be a rational investor 22. Paying for government 278 Consumer Issue U: Easing your tax burden 23. Leisure, recreation, and travel 291 Consumer Issue V: Before you spend your vacation dollar 24. Retirement and the golden years 301 Consumer Issue W: Wills, trusts, and estate planning Appendix III: How to make out your will Appendix IV: Estate planning considerations for women Appendices 307 Answers to self-test questions 312 Practice in the practical 322 A. Solutions and suggestions B. Answers to fill-in-the Blank questions