Consumer education - Definition and Overview

Consumer education is education people pursue for the sake of entering the consumer goods market with a more sophisticated understanding of that market, and the products, suppliers and tactics to be found there.

Consumer education is part of the formal school curriculum in many places.

Consumer education incorporates knowledge from many disciplines, not limited to...

• mathematics
• economics
• law
• information theory
• psychology
• game theory

One magazine devoted to providing consumers with accurate reviews of products is Consumer Reports, not to be confused with Consumers Digest.

See also: family and consumer science, Consumerium