PUBLICATIONS


 

 

"Let a Thousand Credit Cards Bloom," The Wall Street Journal, May 23, 1995.

"State and Local Consumer Protection," in Meier, Kenneth J. and E. Thomas Garman, Regulation and Consumer Protection, 2nd edition. Houston: Dame Publications, 1995.

American Council on Consumer Interests, March 17, 1995. Invited paper on "Future of Consumerism."

"Research Findings and Hypotheses for Future Studies of Occasional (Secondhand) Makers in Consumer Products". Proceedings of 35th Annual Conference, American Council on Consumer Interests, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, March 27, 1992 (Published January, 1993).

Co-author, What If. Governor Schaefers Executive Advisory Council, 1991.

"Future of Consumer Movement", March 9, 1991, (invited) Consumer Assembly, Washington, D.C.

Gardeners Advocate, National Quarterly Newsletter, Editor and Publisher. (Featured in Editorial in Flower & Garden, September-October, 1991, and in other media) 1989-.

LR Letter. National (Occasional) Newsletter, Editor and Publisher. 1979-.

"Business and AIDS: a Primer," University of Baltimore Business Review, April 1988. Reprinted in Baltimore Chronicle, August 31, 1988.

"The Sugar Industry: A Market that Self-Destructs," University of Baltimore Business Review, May-June, 1987.

With Martin Lazar, "Cable Television: An Industry in Transition," University of Baltimore Review, March-April, 1986.

With Martin Lazar, "Cable Television: The Case for Regulation in the Consumer Interest," Proceedings of the 32nd Annual Conference of the American Council on Consumer Interests, 1986.

With William F. Grazer, "Local Measured Service Needs\Telephone Service," Proceedings of the 33rd Annual Conference of the American Council on Consumer Interests, 1987.

With Martin Lazar, "Forecasting Public Policy Issues in Direct Marketing. An Analytical Approach," Proceedings of the 33rd Annual Conference of the American Council on Consumer Interest, 1987.

With Dennis Pitta, "Post-Divestiture Consumer Issues in Telephone, A Forecast Through Markets Analysis," Proceedings, Educators' Conference, American Marketing Association, 1987.

With Martin Lazar, "Strengthening Consumerism Through Networking," Proceedings of Tenth Anniversary Mid-America Consumer Conference, Oklahoma State University, October 1986.

Testimony, Home Audio Recording, U.S. Senate Subcommittee on Parents, Copyrights and Trademarks, February, 1986.

With Dennis Pitta, "AT&T and The Consumer in the Post-Divestiture Environment," University of Baltimore Business Review, July, 1984. Reprinted in Baltimore Business Journal, October 8-14, 1984.

"A Maryland Pipeline: Competition For Coal Transportation," University of Baltimore Business Review, May, 1984. Reprinted in Baltimore Business Journal, July 16-22, 1984.

With Dennis Pitta, "Post-Divestiture Consumer Issues in Telephone: A Forecast Through Marketing Analysis," Proceedings of 30th Annual Conference of the American Council on Consumer Interests, April, 1984. (This was an invited plenary paper).

"Divestiture is Only the Beginning," Access, December, 1983.

"Trends in Consumerism: A Consumerist Perspective," University of Maryland, Proceedings of Wye Conference, 1982.

"Defining Consumer Science: A Marketer's View," in Proceedings of Symposium in Consumer Science, Madison: University of Wisconsin, 1982.

The Case Against Local Measured Service Proposals," Rural Telecommunications, Winter Quarter, 1982.

"Does Ma Bell's Breakup Mean Consumers will be Paying Through the Nose?" People, January 25, 1982. An exclusive interview of Lee Richardson.

"U.S. Sweetener Policy in 1981 and Beyond: Point of View," in Sugar/Azucar, Volume 76 No. 4, 1981.

"Consumer Programs: The Inside View," Citizen Participation, November-December, 1980.

"Consumers' Perspectives on Local Measured Service Telephone Rates," Proceedings, Regulatory Rate Conference, 1980, The Ohio State University.

"A Pay Phone in Every Home?" in Proceedings of the Telecommunications Industry Workshop, LMS Steering Committee, 1978.

"A Ten Year Agenda for Consumer Advocates," in Consumerism: New Challenges for Marketing, American Marketing Association, 1978.

"Consumer Representation on FDA Advisory Committees: Comment," Journal of Consumer Affairs, Winter 1978.

"National Telecommunication Public Policy Issues," Proceedings, 23rd Annual Conference American Council on Consumer Interests, 1977.

"The Major Turn in Consumerism," in Raymond Lagarce and O.C. Ferrell, editors, Proceedings, Conference on Public Policy Debate: New Horizons for Marketing, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville, 1974. Revised and reprinted in O.C. Ferrell and Raymond Lagarce, Public Policy Issues in Marketing, Lexington, 1975.

"Consumerism and Insurance--More in 1974," Best's Review, February, 1974.

"Consumerism in 1974--The Outlook," The National Underwriter, January, 1974.

"Consumer Movement Discovers Insurance," National Underwriter Life and Health Insurance, August 25, 1973.

"Consumer Movement Discovers Insurance," National Underwriter: Property and Casualty Insurance, August 24, 1973.

"The Outlook for Consumer Affairs," Family Economics Review, U.S. Department of Agriculture, March, 1973.

"Who's Afraid of Consumer Education?" Today's Education--Connecticut The National Education Association Journal, March 1973.

"Who's Afraid of Consumer Education?" Georgia Educational Journal, February, March 1973.

Prospects for Truth-in-Life Insurance," Journal of Consumer Affairs, Vol. 7, Summer, 1973.

"Consumers in the Federal Decision-Making Process," in Proceedings, NACBSA Symposium on "Corporate Social Policy in a Dynamic Society, Graduate School of Business, University of California, 1973.

"Consumerism in 1974: The Outlook," National Underwriter, Life and Health Edition, January 12, 1973.

"Is Government a Consumerism Panacea?" in 1973 Direct Selling Symposium Proceedings, College of Business, Colorado State University.

"Consumers in the Federal Decision-Making Process," California Management Review, Winter 1973.

"Consumer Affairs Public Policy Debate: New Horizons for Marketing Research," O.C. Ferrell and Raymond Lagarce, Editors, in Combined Conference Proceedings, 1973. American Marketing Association, Series No.35.

"Who Afraid of Consumer Education?" Illinois Journal of Education, November 1972.

With O.C. Ferrell. "Consumer Feelings of Competence and Influence in Utility Regulation," Journal of Consumer Affairs, Vol. 6, No. 1, Summer 1972.

"Southern Marketing Association Consumerism Debate," The Southern Journal of Business, May, 1972.

"Keynote Address," In Proceedings, National Youth Advisory Board Conference, Cuna, Inc., 1972.

With Harold A. Wolf. "A Note on State and Local Tax Relief," University of Houston Business Review, Winter, 1965-66.

Books

With Norman Kangun, co-editors. Consumerism: New Challenges for Marketing. American Marketing Association, 1978.

Consumer Education: State of The Art. U.S. Office of Education, G.P.O., Washington, D.C., 1976 (monograph).

Editor and primary author. An Approach to Consumer Education for Adults. U.S. Office of Consumer Affairs, Executive Office of the President, 1973 (soft cover book).

With Stephen W. Brown. The Unique Problems of Low-Income Consumers. Louisiana State University, 1973 (soft cover book).

Dimensions of Communication. Appleton-Century-Crofts, 1969.

With Philip R. Cateora. Readings in Marketing: The Qualitative and Quantitative Areas. Appleton-Century-Crofts, 1967.

With Harold A. Wolf. Readings in Finance. Appleton-Century-Crofts, 1966.

Chapters, book forewords, etc.

"Consumerism in the 1990's A Social Forecast." Ruth Belk Smith and Paul Bloom, Editors, Perspective on the Future of Consumerism, Lexington Books, 1987.

"A Consumer Perspective on Local Access Charges." in Baughcum, Alan and Gerald R. Faulhaber, editors. Telecommunications Access and Public Policy. Ablex Publishing Corporation: Norwood, New Jersey, 1984. (includes paper and text of ensuing debate).

With Harold A. Wolf. "Caveat Vendor: Caveat Emptor." Personal Finance, 4th edition through 7th edition, Allyn & Bacon (7th edition, 1983) (Chapter of book).

Chapter 32, "Consumer Representation in Federal Policymaking Agencies: Application of a Framework for Analysis of Institutional Behavior," in Arch G. Woodside, Jagdish N. Sheth and Peter D. Bennett, Consumer and Industrial Buying Behavior, Elsevier North-Holland, Inc., 1977.

"Foreword," O.C. Ferrell and Raymond Lagarce. Public Policy Issues in Marketing, Lexington, 1975.

Chapter 4, "The Consumerism Movement," in C. Glenn Walters, Consumer Behavior, Revised Edition, Richard D. Irwin, Inc., 1974.

"Consumers in the Federal Decision-Making Process," in The Unstable Ground: Corporate Social Policy in a Dynamic Society. Spraskash Sethi, Editor, Melville Publishing Company, 1974.

"Foreword" in The Consumers World: Buying, Money Management, and Issues Resource, Thomas E. Garman and Sidney W. Eckert, McGraw-Hill, 1974.

Jagdish N. Sheth and Peter L. Wright, editors: "Social Marketing and Consumer Legislative Priorities: 1973 and Beyond," Marketing Analysis for Societal Problems, University of Illinois, 1974.

"Consumer Choices in a Free Economy," 1973 Yearbook of Agriculture, U.S. Department of Agriculture.

"The Consumer Movement and Consumer Protection," Maurice G. Unger and Harold A. Wolf, Personal Finance, 3rd edition, Allyn & Bacon, Chapter 4, 1972.

Reviews, etc.

Book Review of _______________________________ by Ivan L. Preston, in Journal of Consumer Affairs, Summer 1996, in press.

Book Review of Regulatory Policy and Practices by Fred Thompson and L.R. Jones in Journal of Consumer Affairs, Winter 1984.

Book Review of The Backyard Revolution by Harry C. Boyte in Journal of Consumer Affairs, Volume 15 No. 2, Winter 1981, p. 398-401.

Book Review of Leland L. Gordon, Weights and Measures and the Consumer, in Journal of Consumer Affairs, Summer 1971.

HIGHLIGHTS OF TELEVISION APPEARANCES

Frequently appeared in major and minor interviews on national and local television networks. The major events in this area of community services activities in the past:

WBAL-TV, Channel 11, Baltimore. Quoted and interviewed on lead news story on deceptive pricing practices at Valu Foods, February 9, 1995. Created and developed story with former MBA student.

C-SPAN, 1984 - 30-minutes speech on the AT&T divestiture and telecommunications policy was shown twice on this cable network.

Donahue, 1981 -Full hour syndicated show (with one other guest) concerning telecommunications issues. Hosted by Phil Donahue.

Today, 1974 - Interviewed by Barbara Walters concerning the Federal Energy Administration. (Approximately 10 minutes.)

Agronsky & Company, 1974 - 30-minute debate on energy policy with John Sawhill as opponent. Moderated by Martin Agronsky.

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