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[|Consumer Bill of Rights - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia] The Right to Safety

The Right to Be Informed

The Right to Choose

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[|Ralph Nader - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia] "

In early March 1966, several media outlets, including The New Republic and The New York Times, reported that GM had tried to discredit Nader, hiring private detectives to tap his phones and investigate his past and hiring prostitutes to trap him in compromising situations."

In 1965, Nader wrote Unsafe at Any Speed, a book which claimed that many American automobiles were unsafe. The first chapter, "The Sporty Corvair - The One-Car Accident," pertained to the Corvair manufactured by the Chevrolet division of General Motors, which had [|more from en.wikipedia.org] - [|Cached] - - - - - [|Consumer] [|protection]

[|Nixon and Big Business Block Consumer Bills - The Nader Page] "

In the closing days of the 92nd Congress, President Nixon unleashed a virulent, anti-consumer lobbying effort which succeeded in defeating or blocking major consumer protection legislation." [|more from www.nader.org] - [|Not Cached] - - - -

11 Nov 11 [|Pure Food and Drug Act - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia] "he Pure Food and Drug Act of June 30, 1906, is a United States federal law that provided federal inspection of meat products and forbade the manufacture, sale, or transportation of adulterated food products and poisonous patent medicines.[1]" [|more from en.wikipedia.org] - [|Cached] - - - - - [|Consumer] [|rights]

[|Food and Drug Administration - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia] "The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or USFDA) is an agency of the United States Department of Health and Human Services, one of the United States federal executive departments. The FDA is responsible for protecting and promoting public health through the regulation and supervision of food safety, tobacco products, dietary supplements, prescription and over-the-counter pharmaceutical drugs (medications), vaccines, biopharmaceuticals, blood transfusions, medical devices, electromagnetic radiation emitting devices (ERED), veterinary products, and cosmetics." [|more from en.wikipedia.org] - [|Not Cached] - - - -

[|The Jungle - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia] "American meatpacking industry during the early-20th century, and the book is now often interpreted and taught as a journalist's exposure of the poor health conditions in this industry. " [|more from en.wikipedia.org] - [|Cached] - - - - - [|Consumer] [|rights]

10 Nov 11 [|History of Consumer Protection - Consumerdaddy.com] "Sherman Anti Trust Act passed by the US Congress in 1890 was the next feather in the cap of consumerism. This act prevents and limits the formation of cartels and monopolies that challenge the very frame of consumer rights. The ground for the majority of antitrust law suits, this federal law does not address the most critical area of consumer protection, the product quality."

The Jungle by Upton Sinclair in which the author described his disgust at the meat packing industry in Chicago.

Other landmarks in the consumer protection movement were the establishment of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) in 1914 and the establishment of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in 1931. This was closely followed by the Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act of 1938 which enabled the FDA to test new drugs before they reached the hands of the consumers.

In the mid twentieth century, the two stalwart figures in the consumer protection movement were Ralph Nader and John F Kennedy. In a historic speech in 1962, Kennedy was the first one to define the basic consumer rights as they are still used today. A milestone in the consumer protection movement came with the publishing of Ralph Nader’s book ‘Unsafe at Any Speed’ in 1967. Leading to the enactment of The National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act in 1966, this book was the first attempt by a common citizen to exercise his consumer rights against the big corporate sharks.

In the mid twentieth century, the two stalwart figures in the consumer protection movement were Ralph Nader and John F Kennedy. In a historic speech in 1962, Kennedy was the first one to define the basic consumer rights as they are still used today. A milestone in the consumer protection movement came with the publishing of Ralph Nader’s book ‘Unsafe at Any Speed’ in 1967. Leading to the enactment of The National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act in 1966, this book was the first attempt by a common citizen to exercise his consumer rights against the big corporate sharks. [|more from www.consumerdaddy.com] - [|Not Cached] - - -

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 * oday’s consumerism finds its origin in the late 19th and early 20th century marketplace in the United States. The United States Congress made history in 1872 by

enacting the very first of its kind consumer protection law, the mail fraud law, which makes it a punishable offence to commit mail order fraud Pictures

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Although Veblen was sympathetic to [|state ownership] of industry, he had a low opinion of workers and the labor movement and there is disagreement about the extent to which his views are compatible with [|Marxism] [|1]. As a leading intellectual of the [|Progressive Era], his sweeping attack on production for profit and his stress on the wasteful role of consumption for status greatly influenced socialist thinkers and engineers seeking a non-Marxist critique of capitalism. Fine (1994) reports that economists at the time complained that his ideas, while brilliantly presented, were crude, gross, fuzzy, and imprecise; others complained he was a wacky eccentric. Scholars continue to debate exactly what he meant in his convoluted, ironic and satiric essays; he made heavy use of examples of primitive societies, but many examples were pure invention.[|[][|2][|]]

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1900-1925 Upton Sinclair- Exploited the meat packing industry by The Jungle by journalist Upton Sinclair. The book is now often interpreted and taught as a journalist's exposure of the poor health conditions in this industry

Samuel Hopkins Adams- was a muckraker like Upton Sinclair. He wrote The Great American Fraud. Him and Upton were big contributiors to the Pure Food and Drug Act

1926-1950 Royal S. Copeland- Copeland served as primary author and sponsor of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act of 1938, an important consumers right law

Hugo LaFayette Black- was an American politician and jurist. One of the authors of the Fair labor standard act.

1951-1975 Ralph Nader- American political activist, as well as an author, lecturer, and attorney. Nader came to prominence in 1965 with the publication of his book //Unsafe at Any Speed//, a critique of the safety record of American automobile manufacturers in general

Esther Peterson- was a lifelong consumer and women's advocate. Peterson joined the Industrial Union Department of the AFL-CIO, becoming its first woman lobbyist. She was Assistant Secretary of Labor and Director of the United States Women's Bureau for President John F. Kennedy, Special Assistant for Consumer Affairs under PresidentsLyndon B. Johnson and Jimmy Carter, Vice President for Consumer Affairs at Giant Food Corporation, and president of the National Consumers League.

1976-1999 Harvey Rosenfield- is an American lawyer, author and consumer advocate. In 1985, he founded Consumer Watchdog, a nationally recognized, nonpartisan nonprofit public interest group. which advocates for taxpayer and consumer interests, with a focus on insurance, health care, political reform, privacy and energy.

Kenneth Hecht- is an American public interest attorney. Hecht is an advocate for improved access to nutritious, affordable food on behalf of low-income people.Kenneth Hecht was one of the co-founders in 1992 of California Food Policy Advocates (CFPA), a nutrition policy and advocacy organization whose chief aims are expansion and improvement of the federal food programs in order to eliminate hunger and prevent obesity.

Connection- works somewhat similarly to the workers rights but in a way but instead of protecting the companies worker with job benefits and Unions, this movement protects the other side of it and protecting the customers.

Connection to Anti unionism- Big businesses were forced to spend money on things they did not want to in the Consumer Protection case spend money to benefit the consumers. In the Anti- unionism Case fight against Unions because they may lead to unneeded costs.

Connection to Environmental Issues- Consumers are being treated fairly to the and the environment such as biodegradable products, and machinery that uses lest energy and saves money for the Consumer.

Consumerism today- we are living in an age where we want tosave money and the environment so we are building things from energy efficient machines to hybrid cars.

In the future as technology grows consumerism will as well, in 20 years we may rely on different types of fuel so we may have the company to get the right specifications to sell fuel.

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