Features
- Cover Type: Hard Cover with 576 pages
- Published by: Custom Publishing
- Edition: 9th Edition August 15, 2005
- Written in: English
- ISBN 10 Number: 0759352623
- ISBN 13 Number: 978-0759352629
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Book Dimensions:
11 x 8.7 x 1 inches
- Weighs: 3 pounds
Product Description
The ninth edition of Consumer Economic Issues in America, is a comprehensive update of one of the most thorough and readable texts in the field. The text is straightforward and highlights the fundamental consumer economic issues affecting all consumers. Author E. Thomas Garman educates and empowers students as they gain knowledge of their rights and responsibilities as consumers. An emphasis is placed on understanding the American economic system, consumer concepts, evaluative criteria and environmental issues. The book takes a normative, pro-consumer viewpoint.
About The Author
E. Thomas Garman is an author, researcher and advisor based in Orlando, Florida, and Professor Emeritus at Virginia Tech University. He has worked for United States Senator in Washington as well as in sales management, economic development in West Africa, and for a non-profit credit counseling organization. He is an elected Distinguished Fellow in both the American Council on Consumer Interests and the Association for Financial Counseling and Planning Education. Garman has served on consumer advisory boards for the American National Standards Institute, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, National Advertising Review Board, National Foundation for Credit Counseling, Kraft, Conoco, and Sears & Roebuck. His consulting includes Manulife Financial, Profit Sharing/401k Council of America, AT&T, U.S. Navy, U.S. Army, and U.S. Department of Defense. His work has been featured in hundreds of publications, including USA Today, The Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, U.S. News & World Report, and he appeared on National Public Radio and NBC Nightly News.
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