Economic issues for consumers/ Roger Leroy Miller and Phillis Basile

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















includes bibliographic references and index