Start teaching people how to be smart consumers

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   Mike on April 6, 2023 at 11:39 pm

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   Idea: Start teaching people how to be smart consumers

   Link: https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2019/10...

   It’s not just consumers who are exploited; most businesses and companies also take advantage of their workers, which needs to stop.

   ‘Consumers are not aware we are slaves inside the greenhouses’

   Link: https://www.aljazeera.com/featur

   Exploitation plagues Spain’s farming province, with migrant workers paid below minimum wage and living in squalor.

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   Blinko on April 6, 2023 at 10:43 pm

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   Idea: Start teaching people how to be smart consumers

   Link: https://www.ftc.gov/business-guidance/blog...

   No one is safe from exploitation, even grieving loved ones! This is so disgusting!
   https://www.ftc.gov/business-guidance/blog/2022/04/cremation-companies-exploit-grieving-consumers-alleges-ftc

   Cremation companies exploit grieving consumers, alleges FTC

   Link: https://www.ftc.gov/business-gui

   Even the savviest consumers can be at their most vulnerable when making final arrangements for a loved one.

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   Steven Bowker on April 6, 2023 at 9:52 pm

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   Idea: Start teaching people how to be smart consumers

   Link: https://www.theguardian.com/media-network/...

   Ending consumer exploitation will be a challenging task, especially given the rise of the data economy.

   The data-driven economy will help marketers exploit us

   Link: https://www.theguardian.com/medi

   The internet of things will improve marketers’ understanding of consumers, enabling them to better advertise products we don’t need

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   ChrisP on April 6, 2023 at 9:18 pm

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   Idea: Start teaching people how to be smart consumers

   Link: https://www.edweek.org/teaching-learning/o...

   Consumer intelligence should be taught to students in schools to stop them from being exploited once they enter the real world!
   https://www.edweek.org/teaching-learning/opinion-we-need-to-teach-our-students-to-be-smart-consumers-of-information/2019/08

   ‘We Need to Teach Our Students to Be Smart Consumers of Information’ (Opinion)

   Link: https://www.edweek.org/teaching-

   Carla Truttman, Josh Perlman, Jennifer Casa-Todd, Bryan Goodwin, Frank W. Baker share their suggestions for information-literacy lessons.

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