South-Western Economic Education for Consumers

This all-new text has exciting features, engaging lessons, and multimedia ancillaries to help economic, consumer, and personal finance concepts come to life for your students. Review 1. Consumers- The Engine that Runs the Economy 2. Buying Technology Products- Let's Talk Tech 3. Consumer Protection- Rights, Responsibilites, 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. About the Author 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. 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.