Library Class and Subject Guides: Family Consumer Science: Consumerism and Financial Literacy

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Encyclopedia of Consumption and Waste by Carl A. A. Zimring
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ISBN: 9781452266671
Publication Date: 2012
Household spending : who spends how much on what by New Strategist Publications, Inc., ed.
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ISBN: 9781940308111
Publication Date: 2011
Who's Buying Executive Summary of Household Spending by New Strategist Editors (Editor)
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ISBN: 9781940308722
Publication Date: 2011

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