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Economic Education for Consumers

ISBN: 9780538435796 | 0538435798
Edition: 2nd
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Cengage Learning
Pub. Date: 1/30/2003

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SummaryTable of Contents
This all-new text has exciting features, engaging lessons, and multimedia ancillaries to help economic, consumer, and personal finance concepts come to life. Learn how to budget, find housing, purchase insurance, find transportation, the global economy works, and more. With updated content, computer applications, a new life-span project feature, a dedicated web site, and Internet activities in each chapter, this text brings the real world of consumer economics into the classroom.
Consumers - The Engine that Runs the Economy
2(46)
Decision Making Project - Get Out of Town
3(1)
Lessons
... MORE
Decisions, Decisions
4(7)
Make Decisions
11(6)
Understand Economic Systems
17(8)
Consumer's Role in the Economy
25(5)
Advertising and Consumer Decisions
30(8)
Be a Responsible Consumer
38(10)
Buying Technology Products - Let's Talk Tech
48(38)
Decision Making Project - Get into the Information Age
49(1)
Lessons
Technology and Consumer Choice
50(6)
Move into Cyberspace
56(6)
Choose a Personal Computer
62(6)
Shop on the Net
68(8)
Protect Yourself on the Internet
76(10)
Consumer Protection - Rights, Responsibilities, Resolutions
86(34)
Decision Making Project - Dissatisfied? Do Something About It
87(1)
Lessons
Consumer Rights and Responsibilities
88(6)
Government and Consumer Protection
94(7)
Deception and Fraud
101(8)
Resolve Consumer Problems
109(11)
Choose a Career - Get a Job
120(38)
Decision Making Project - Get a Job
121(1)
Lessons
Get to Know Yourself
122(7)
Explore Careers
129(7)
Apply for a Job
136(8)
Interview Successfully
144(6)
Prepare for the Future
150(8)
Income Taxes - How Much Will You Keep?
158(32)
Decision Making Project - Tax Your Dream Job
159(1)
Lessons
Taxes and Your Paycheck
160(6)
File a Tax Return
166(10)
Taxes and Government
176(5)
Government Spending
181(9)
Budgeting - How Will You Use Your Money?
190(30)
Decision Making Project - All in the Family
191(1)
Lessons
Choose Financial Goals
192(6)
Track Income and Expenses
198(6)
Your Budget Worksheet
204(6)
Create Your Budget for the Year
210(10)
Banking Services - Where to Stash Your Cash
220(38)
Decision Making Project - Check it Out
221(1)
Lessons
How Banks Work
222(6)
Use Your Checking Account
228(7)
Electronic Banking
235(7)
Balance Your Checkbook
242(6)
Other Banking Services
248(10)
Saving - Plan for Financial Security
258(28)
Decision Making Project - Save Yourself
259(1)
Lessons
Why Save?
260(4)
Savings Institutions and Accounts
264(6)
Save with Safety
270(6)
Simple and Compound Interest
276(10)
Investing - Prepare for Your Future
286(40)
Decision Making Project - Invest in Yourself
287(1)
Lessons
Investing Basics
288(6)
How to Invest in Corporations
294(8)
How to Invest in Mutual Funds
302(4)
Research Investments
306(10)
Retirement and Other Investments
316(10)
Credit - You're in Charge
326(38)
Decision Making Project - Give Yourself Credit
327(1)
Lessons
What is Credit?
328(6)
How to Qualify for Credit
334(6)
Sources of Consumer Credit
340(8)
Credit Rights and Responsibilities
348(6)
Maintain a Good Credit Rating
354(10)
Budget Essentials - Food, Clothes, and Fun
364(30)
Decision Making Project - Shop 'til You Drop
365(1)
Lessons
Nutrition Facts
366(6)
Shop for a Healthful Diet
372(6)
Evaluate Clothes Choices
378(6)
Recreation and Travel
384(10)
Transportation - How Will You Get There?
394(38)
Decision Making Project - Got to Get There
395(1)
Lessons
Transportation Basics
396(6)
How to Choose a Car
402(6)
To Buy or Lease?
408(8)
The Car-Buying Process
416(6)
How to Maintain a Car
422(10)
Housing - A Place to Call Home
432(32)
Decision Making Project - Rule Your Own Roost
433(1)
Lessons
Your Housing Options
434(6)
How to Rent an Apartment
440(7)
How to Buy a Home
447(7)
How to Furnish Your Home
454(10)
Automobile and Home Insurance - Sharing the Risk
464(34)
Decision Making Project - Cover Your Wheels
465(1)
Lessons
Insurance Basics
466(6)
Automobile Insurance
472(8)
Home Insurance Coverage
480(7)
Providers and the Claims Process
487(11)
Health and Life Insurance - Your Personal Security
498(38)
Decision Making Project - An Apple a Day
499(1)
Lessons
Health Insurance Basics
500(6)
Health Insurance Plans
506(6)
Choose a Health Plan
512(6)
Health Care Rights and Responsibilities
518(7)
Life Insurance
525(11)
Choose Services - When You Need Help
536(28)
Decision Making Project - Is There a Doctor in the House?
537(1)
Lessons
Health Care Providers
538(8)
Legal Service Providers
546(8)
Government Assistance
554(10)
Global Economy - What It Means to You
564(34)
Decision Making Project - It's a Small World
565(1)
Lessons
The Nature of International Trade
566(7)
U.S. Economy and World Trade
573(7)
Government and the Economy
580(7)
It's a Global Economy
587(11)
Life-Span Plan Project598(4)
Glossary602(16)
Index618(18)
Photo Credits636

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