(Preface)

The Consumers Economic Life offers a workable program of instruction in the rapidly expanding area of consumer education on the secondary-school level. The text is designed to give the student the basic knowledge needed by him to plan intelligently the selection, purchase, and use of goods and services.

The major purposes of The Consumers Economic Life may be states breifly:

1. To instill in the pupil a sense of values-the basis for intelligent planning.
   
2. To teach him the elements of money management-to use income wisely and to manage personal and family finances.
   
3. To help him become an informed and careful buyer.
   
4. To show him how to be an efficient user of goods and services.
   
5. To contribute to the consumer's citizenship by:
   a. Making him conscious of his social and economic responsibilities.
   b. Helping him to meet and solve many problems of business and economic relationships.
   
6. To develop, throughout the course, needed skill in Consumer Mathematics as a tool for personal use.