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Consumer Debt Collection

The Federal Trade Commission has ranked "debt collection" as its second biggest source of consumer complaints. Meanwhile, tens of millions of Americans have reported being hounded by consumer debt collectors. Journalist and radio producer Jake Halpern digs into the secretive, dark world of consumer debt collection in, "Bad Paper: Chasing Debt From Wall Street to the Underworld."