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Download full textAt Home with Consumers, 1987
The four articles in this journal issue examine the pros and cons of the proposition that credit card rates are too high. In "How Congress and Consumers Will Crack the Credit Card Market," Congressman Charles E. Schumer argues that banks can get away with their excessive rates because of consumer misinformation and the unfair competitive edge held…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Consumer Education, Credit Cards, Credit (Finance)
At Home with Consumers, 1989
The following articles appear in this document devoted to debating whether credit privacy laws should be revised: "Who's Looking at Your Credit Report?" (Holstein); "Credit Reporting System Doesn't Need Fixing" (Ulrich); "The Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA); A Remarkable Success" (Kurth); and "Revisit Law To…
Descriptors: Civil Liberties, Confidential Records, Credit (Finance), Disclosure
Valentine, Tom, Ed.; Sandlin, Jenny, Ed. – Beyond Basic Skills, 1996
This document, which was written for adult educators in Georgia, offers instructional plans and practical strategies for helping students in adult literacy, adult basic education (ABE), General Educational Development, and English-as-a-second-language (ESL) programs understand the credit traps that can hurt them. The document begins with a…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Programs, Classroom Techniques
Wofford, Douglas – Capital Ideas, 1987
Issues concerning mortgage-backed student loans are examined, with attention to the new tax law, policy and practical concerns that a college should address before starting this type of loan program, public policy issues, and two types of plans. The Tax Reform Act of 1986 phases out the deductibility of consumer interest charges and as a result…
Descriptors: College Students, Credit (Finance), Debt (Financial), Federal Legislation
Leech, Irene E., Ed. – Consumer Interest Annual, 1998
Among the 25 refereed papers, 14 refereed poster sessions, 17 invited papers, and 14 panel/workshop sessions are the following: "Forces Driving Change in Food Safety" (Foreman); "Are Two Incomes Needed to Get Ahead Today?" (Walden); "Financial Manager Profile Scale" (Lytton, Grable); "Real World Financial…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Consumer Economics, Consumer Education, Consumer Protection
Leech, Irene E., Ed. – Consumer Interests Annual, 1997
This annual publication contains 66 presentations, poster sessions, papers, and panel and workshop sessions. Invited and refereed papers are as follows: "View from the States" (Humphrey); "Consumer Policy Perspectives" (Byrne); "Consumers' Response to Credit Card Solicitations" (Hogarth, Shue); "Welfare Impact of…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adults, College Students, Consumer Economics
Wagner, June G. – Keying In, 2003
This newsletter presents four articles designed to help business educators educate learners in grades K-12 about personal finance. "Now More Than Ever: The Need for Financial Literacy" examines the following topics: evidence that the United States is becoming a nation of debtors; the plummeting personal savings rate; the increasing…
Descriptors: Banking, Basic Business Education, Budgeting, Classroom Techniques
Orndorf, Bonnie; And Others – 1979
This project was developed to provide a consumer information dissemination plan for North Dakota vocational home economics instructors as well as for the state laboratories consumer affairs office. Seventy-two people representing teachers, state government, business and industry, and consumers participated in two workshops to identify consumer…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Advisory Committees, Consumer Economics, Consumer Education
Leech, Irene E., Ed. – Consumer Interests Annual, 1999
This document contains 4 invited papers, 21 refereed papers, 15 reports accompanying refereed posters, 8 reports from invited paper sessions, and 4 reports from invited panel sessions. Selected papers are as follows: "Managed Care Benefits Consumers" (Smith); "The Paradox of Managed Care" (Lieberman); "How Much Is Enough:…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Adult Education, Case Studies, Consumer Economics
