Robert D. Manning

Robert D. Manning is a financial expert in consumer credit and financial services. He is currently a professor of finance at Rochester Institute of Technology's E. Philip Saunders College of Business.

Manning has a master's degree from Northern Illinois University, Economic History and Latin American Studies (1981) and a Ph.D. from The Johns Hopkins University, Program in Comparative International Development (1989).

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’s "In the Money", NPR’s "To the Point", "CBS Evening News" and "Money Magazine" — as well as made guest appearances on "The Al Franken Show". Recently, he was called a "nerd" on "The Daily Show", with Jon Stewart. Manning is the author of [http://www.creditcardnation.com "Credit Card Nation"] , and a recent in-depth study, “Living With Debt” sponsored by Lending Tree.com, and is featured in Danny Schechter’s documentary, [http://www.indebtwetrust.com “In Debt We Trust”] , which opened in summer 2006.

External links

* [http://saunders.rit.edu/ Rochester Institute of Technology's E. Philip Saunders College of Business]
* [http://www.creditcardnation.com/ Credit Card Nation]