Inside the Dark, Lucrative World of Consumer Debt Collection (nytimes.com)
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MrJagil Jun 6, 2016 | on: John Oliver buys $15M in debt and forgives all of it on… | context

There was a terrific story about this in the NYT a while back https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8182953

"This is one of the most unbelievable articles I've ever read. If you didn't read it all the way through, do so over lunch or something; it's amazing."

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