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American Council on Consumer Interests Annual Conference Proceedings (34th, Chicago, Illinois, April 6-9, 1988).

Hampton, Vickie L., Ed. – 1988

Among the 90 papers on topics relating to the consumer are "Academics and Advocates" (Brobeck); "Economic Profile of the Young and Elderly" (Ryscavage); "Estimation of Savings Needs To Adequately Fund Baby Boomers' Retirement" (Burns); "Saving and Dissaving in Retirement" (Hogarth); "Analysis of Effects of Children on Consumption and Savings…

Descriptors: Adult Education, Consumer Economics, Consumer Education, Consumer Protection

Project Real World: Economic Living Skills for High School Students. Module V, Citizen Participation in Canada's Market-Based Society.

Federal/Provincial Consumer Education and Plain Language Task Force (Canada). – 1991

Project Real World, a self-contained, activity-based Canadian consumer science program, provides students with systematic instruction in economic living skills. It gives students in grades 10-12 an orientation to the economic realities and opportunities in society. The program helps students understand the marketplace; manage resources; apply…

Descriptors: Assertiveness, Citizenship Responsibility, Consumer Economics, Consumer Education

Consumer Interests Annual. Volume 41. American Council on Consumer Interests Annual Conference (41st, Washington, D.C., March 15-18, 1995).

Folk, Karen F., Ed. – 1995

This proceedings contains the texts of 5 invited papers and 28 refereed papers. The following are among the papers included: "Consumer Interest in the 1990's and Beyond" (Turner); "Esther Peterson and the Consumer Movement" (Galbraith); "The Public's Right to Government Information" (English); "Partnerships in…

Descriptors: Access to Information, Adult Education, Advertising, Consumer Economics