Economic Education for Consumers - Hardcover

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

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.