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Stephen Brobeck

Stephen Brobeck is the executive director of the Consumer Federation of America.

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Warren and Tyagi argue that, in general, middle-income families do not spend wastefully beyond their means. They support their thesis with data on consumer expenditures that show, they maintain, that spending on...
Stephen Brobeck

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