Robert D. Manning
Encyclopedia
Robert D. Manning is an American financial expert in consumer credit and financial services. Up until 2008, Manning was a professor of finance at Rochester Institute of Technology
Rochester Institute of Technology
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's E. Philip Saunders College of Business
E. Philip Saunders College of Business
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Education
Manning has a BA from Duke University, a master's degree from Northern Illinois UniversityNorthern Illinois University
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, Economic History and Latin American Studies (1981) and a Ph.D. from The Johns Hopkins University
Johns Hopkins University
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, Program in Comparative International Development (1989).
Career
He also specializes in U.S. and global banking deregulation, consumer debt, macro-economic trends in consumer economy, and U.S. labor market trends. He is also an authority on U.S. social inequality, Mexican economic development, immigration to the U.S., small business entrepreneurship, urban development issues, race and ethnic relations, and higher education financing.Manning has been interviewed on the topic of consumer debt on CNN
CNN
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’s In the Money, NPR
NPR
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’s To the Point, CBS Evening News
CBS Evening News
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and Money Magazine
Money Magazine
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— as well as making guest appearances on The Al Franken Show
The Al Franken Show
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. Manning is the author of Credit Card Nation, and a recent in-depth study, “Living With Debt” sponsored by Lending Tree.com, and is featured in Danny Schechter
Danny Schechter
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’s documentary, “In Debt We Trust”, which was released in summer 2006.
Manning is a fellow at the Filene Research Institute
Filene Research Institute
The Filene Research Institute is a credit union and consumer finance think tank headquartered in Madison, Wisconsin. It is committed to research and innovation to further the credit union movement. The Institute was founded in 1989 and is named for Boston-based United States credit union pioneer,...
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