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Toward Enhancing the Social Benefits of Electronic Publishing. Report of an Aspen Institute Planning Meeting (Queenstown, Maryland, February 25-26, 1987). Communications and Society Forum Report #1.
Rice, Michael – 1987
Intended to investigate ways in which electronic publishing might be further developed to serve important consumer needs and social interests that have yet to become a focus for the industry, this two-day planning meeting consisted of roundtable discussions with 16 electronic publishing experts and practitioners. Following a presentation of the…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Consumer Economics, Electronic Publishing, Information Dissemination
American Council on Consumer Interests Annual Conference. Proceedings (32nd, St. Louis, Missouri, April 9-12, 1986).
Schnittgrund, Karen P., Ed. – 1986
These proceedings contain the reports of almost 100 speeches, panel discussions, and workshops. The papers were presented on a variety of issues, including marketing research ethics, lifeline banking, information and the consumer, financial management, evaluating consumer education literature, consuming units around the world, the consumer and…
Descriptors: Advertising, Banking, Consumer Economics, Consumer Education
National Economic Policies: The Impact on Consumer Welfare. Proceedings of the American Council on Consumer Interests Annual Conference (29th, Kansas City, Missouri, March 16-19, 1983).
Goebel, Karen P., Ed. – 1983
These proceedings contain the texts of the papers presented at a conference on consumer interests. Addressed in the first series of concurrent sessions are the following topics: consumers' new economic positions, consumers' choices with respect to price and quality trade-offs, time value in consumption decisions, and consumer information issues.…
Descriptors: Advertising, Basic Business Education, Consumer Economics, Consumer Education
The Frontier of Research in the Consumer Interest. Proceedings of the International Conference on Research in the Consumer Interest (Racine, Wisconsin, August 16-19, 1986).
Maynes, E. Scott, Ed.; And Others – 1988
The following papers are included: "JFK's Four Consumer Rights" (Lampman); "Product Safety" (Gerner); "Use of Cost-Benefit Analysis in Product Safety Regulation" (Crandall); "CPCS's Voluntary Standards" (Ault); "Consumer Safety and Issue Emergence Process" (Mayer); "Reflections on Research in…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Advertising, Comparative Analysis, Consumer Economics
Consumer Problems of Older Americans. New Directions for Government and Business. Background Papers and Recommendations from a Mini-Conference for the White House Conference on Aging (Washington, DC, January 29-30, 1980).
National Retired Teachers Association, Washington, DC. – 1981
These background papers and recommendations from a mini-conference on the consumer problems of older Americans and new directions that government and business should take to protect the consumer rights of the elderly address the following areas: credit, food, insurance, investments, prescription drugs and medical appliances, and primary health…
Descriptors: Banking, Business Responsibility, Change Strategies, Consumer Economics