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Economic Education for Consumers, 4th Edition

Roger LeRoy Miller, Alan D. Stafford

  • Copyright 2010
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Overview

ECONOMIC EDUCATION FOR CONSUMERS, 4E 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, Vote Your Wallet, Inside the Numbers, Math of Money, What in the World?, and NetBookmark.

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Meet the Authors

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Roger LeRoy Miller

Roger LeRoy Miller, Ph.D., has served on the faculty of several universities, including the University of Washington, Clemson University and the University of Miami School of Law. As a professor, he has taught intellectual property law and entertainment law, among other subjects. A widely published and respected author, his work has appeared in the Insurance Counsel Journal, Defense Research, California Trial Lawyers Journal, Antitrust Bulletin, Wisconsin Law Review and Connecticut Law Review. He has authored or co-authored numerous authoritative textbooks on law, including BUSINESS LAW: TEXT & CASES; BUSINESS LAW TODAY: TEXT & SUMMARIZED CASES and THE LEGAL ENVIRONMENT TODAY. Professor Miller completed his studies at the University of California at Berkeley and University of Chicago.

Alan D. Stafford

Alan D. Stafford is a Professor Emeritus of Economics and Director of Planning for Niagara County Community College. He earned an MBA and MEd in Social Studies Education from the State University of New York at Buffalo. Professor Stafford taught secondary social studies for fourteen years before joining the faculty of NCCC in 1981. He is the author or co-author of a variety of economics and consumer economics texts and received the New York State Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching in 1998.

What's New

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  • Expanded Coverage: Learn to plan for college, retirement, saving, loans, and more.
  • Updated Content: New coverage of online banking and shopping, reflecting the changes in technology.

Features

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  • What Would You Do? introduces chapter content by asking students to assess their feelings about a specific topic. What Would You Do Now? helps students see how their attitudes may have changed based on what they have learned.
  • Decision Making Project serves as a thread throughout each chapter and helps hone students’ decsion-making skills through challenging questions and group activities.
  • Math of Money provides much-needed review of math concepts and operations.
  • Journal activities, located at the beginning and end of each chapter, connect the theme of each chapter and reinforce communication skills.
  • Life-Span Plan Project links all the personal finance aspects of a student’s life into a capstone project. The semester-length project incorporates the concepts learned throughout the course into a comprehensive life-span plan. This project helps make the course relevant for students who need the consistent organization and discipline throughout the semester.
  • Reviewers said What in the World? questions were thought-provoking and would meet the standards concerning globalization.
  • Correlated to the Jump$tart Coalition for Personal Financial Literacy’s national standards.
  • Real-World: Emphasis is on real-world situations and applications in the features and the text.
  • Web Site: Internet activities available at school.cengage.com/pfinance/ee4c.

Table of Contents

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1. Consumers: The Engine that Runs the Economy.
2. Buying Technology Products: Let’s Talk Tech.
3. Consumer Protection: Rights, Responsibilities, Resolutions.
4. Choose a Career: Get a Job.
5. Taxes: How Much Income Will You Keep?.
6. Budgeting: How Will You Use Your Money?.
7. Banking Services: Where to Stash Your Cash.
8. Saving: Plan for Financial Security.
9. Investing: Prepare for Your Future.
10.Credit: You’re in Charge.
11. Budget Essentials: Food, Clothes, Fun.
12. Transportation: How Will You Get There?
13. Housing: A Place to Call Home.
14. Automobile and Home Insurance: Sharing the Risk.
15. Health and Life Insurance: Your Personal Security.
16. Choose Services: When You Need Help.
17. Global Economy: What It Means to You.

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Cengage provides a range of supplements that are updated in coordination with the main title selection. For more information about these supplements, contact your Learning Consultant.

FOR INSTRUCTORS

Workbook for Miller/Stafford's Economic Education for Consumers, 4th

ISBN: 9780538448901
The workbook includes both lesson and chapter review activities for students.

FOR STUDENTS

Workbook for Miller/Stafford's Economic Education for Consumers, 4th

ISBN: 9780538448901
The workbook includes both lesson and chapter review activities for students.