The Resource Bad paper : chasing debt from Wall Street to the underworld, Jake Halpern
Bad paper : chasing debt from Wall Street to the underworld, Jake Halpern
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- "A trip to the underworld of debt collection, where bankers team up with ex-burglars and few rules apply Bad Paper is a riveting expose;, a moving story of an unlikely friendship, and a gritty narrative of how scrappy entrepreneurs profit from our debts. Jake Halpern introduces us to a former banking executive and a former armed robber who become partners and go in quest of "paper"--The uncollected debts that are sold off by banks for pennies on the dollar. As Halpern shows, the world of consumer debt collection is a wild and unregulated shadowland, where operators may misrepresent a debtor's situation, make illegal threats, and even lay claim to debts that are not theirs to collect in the first place. It is a realm of indelible individuals who possess a swagger and vocabulary that even David Mamet could not invent. Halpern follows his collectors as they intimidate competitors with weapons, manage high-pressure call centers, and scheme new ways to benefit from American's debt-industrial complex. He also explores the history of collection agencies and reveals the human cost of a system that leaves hardworking Americans with little opportunity to retire their debts in a reasonable way. The result is a bravura work of storytelling that is also an important consciousness-raiser"--
- "Frequent New Yorker contributor Jake Halpern investigates the shadowy, unregulated world of consumer debt collection, focusing on an unlikely friendship between a former banking executive and former armed robber who go in search of "paper," spreadsheets of uncollected debt sold off by banks for pennies on the dollar."--Publisher information
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 240 pages
- Contents
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- Stolen numbers : The $14 million gamble ; The king of crap ; The package ; Bad paper
- Paper hunters : Aaron's problem ; Brandon's people ; Scoring in Vegas
- The last collectors : Taking control of assets ; The white man's dope ; Georgia
- Isbn
- 9780374108236
- Label
- Bad paper : chasing debt from Wall Street to the underworld
- Title
- Bad paper
- Title remainder
- chasing debt from Wall Street to the underworld
- Statement of responsibility
- Jake Halpern
- Language
- eng
- Summary
-
- "A trip to the underworld of debt collection, where bankers team up with ex-burglars and few rules apply Bad Paper is a riveting expose;, a moving story of an unlikely friendship, and a gritty narrative of how scrappy entrepreneurs profit from our debts. Jake Halpern introduces us to a former banking executive and a former armed robber who become partners and go in quest of "paper"--The uncollected debts that are sold off by banks for pennies on the dollar. As Halpern shows, the world of consumer debt collection is a wild and unregulated shadowland, where operators may misrepresent a debtor's situation, make illegal threats, and even lay claim to debts that are not theirs to collect in the first place. It is a realm of indelible individuals who possess a swagger and vocabulary that even David Mamet could not invent. Halpern follows his collectors as they intimidate competitors with weapons, manage high-pressure call centers, and scheme new ways to benefit from American's debt-industrial complex. He also explores the history of collection agencies and reveals the human cost of a system that leaves hardworking Americans with little opportunity to retire their debts in a reasonable way. The result is a bravura work of storytelling that is also an important consciousness-raiser"--
- "Frequent New Yorker contributor Jake Halpern investigates the shadowy, unregulated world of consumer debt collection, focusing on an unlikely friendship between a former banking executive and former armed robber who go in search of "paper," spreadsheets of uncollected debt sold off by banks for pennies on the dollar."--Publisher information
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- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Halpern, Jake
- Dewey number
- 332.70973
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- HG179
- LC item number
- .H247 2014
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Finance, Personal
- Consumer credit
- Collecting of accounts
- Collection agencies
- BUSINESS & ECONOMICS
- Collecting of accounts
- Collection agencies
- Consumer credit
- Finance, Personal
- Konsumentenkredit
- Inkasso
- USA
- USA
- USA
- Label
- Bad paper : chasing debt from Wall Street to the underworld, Jake Halpern
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-237)
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- volume
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Stolen numbers : The $14 million gamble ; The king of crap ; The package ; Bad paper -- Paper hunters : Aaron's problem ; Brandon's people ; Scoring in Vegas -- The last collectors : Taking control of assets ; The white man's dope ; Georgia
- Control code
- ocn869438121
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 240 pages
- Isbn
- 9780374108236
- Lccn
- 2014013576
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- System control number
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- (Sirsi) i9780374108236
- (OCoLC)869438121
- Label
- Bad paper : chasing debt from Wall Street to the underworld, Jake Halpern
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-237)
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Stolen numbers : The $14 million gamble ; The king of crap ; The package ; Bad paper -- Paper hunters : Aaron's problem ; Brandon's people ; Scoring in Vegas -- The last collectors : Taking control of assets ; The white man's dope ; Georgia
- Control code
- ocn869438121
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 240 pages
- Isbn
- 9780374108236
- Lccn
- 2014013576
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
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- (Sirsi) i9780374108236
- (OCoLC)869438121
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