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Buyer aware : harnessing our consumer power for a safe, fair, and transparent marketplace / Marta L. Tellado.

by Tellado, Marta Lourdes.

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PublicAffairs, 2022.

Consumer Reports (Firm)

Consumer protection.

Consumer education.

9781541768574 (hc.)

xiii, 304 p. ; 21 cm.

Marta L. Tellado is the president and CEO of Consumer Reports. Prior to joining CR she served as Vice President at the Ford Foundation, executive director of the Domestic Policy Group at the Aspen Institute, director for national issues and outreach for US senator Bill Bradley.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-289) and index.

"In an era when consumers are vulnerable to corporate surveillance, unsafe food, and dangerously faulty products, the president and CEO of Consumer Reports gives us a playbook to put the power back in our hands. The rules that have protected consumers for decades are failing. Companies are spying on us. Products we buy are dangerous. Whether we're buying a crib, a small appliance, an iPhone app, or shopping for car insurance, it's become harder than ever to know whether the choices we make in the marketplace are putting us at risk. Too much of that burden falls to consumers, and too often, government sides with big business over us. We're standing at a crossroads in America, when technologies like artificial intelligence can be made to serve us instead of the other way around, and it's still possible to push government and corporations to prioritize people before profits. (...)"--Jacket.

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