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Auto Lending: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

LastWeekTonight · 13.9M views · 2016-08-15 · 17:56

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Overview

John Oliver's Last Week Tonight segment on auto lending, showing how lenders steer vulnerable buyers into subprime loans and crushing debt. It uses comedy sketches to explain the practices.

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Cited for subprime auto loan statistics and as a reference for predatory car financing, rather than as a recommendation.

Discussed on HN; no positive recommendation is recorded in this export · HN mentions 2017–2021

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Investing & personal financeMedia, journalism & propagandaLabor, work & inequality
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auto loanspredatory lendingconsumer financejohn oliverdebt

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walrus01 · 2021-03 · Reference

This is basically the cellphone version of a GPS-enabled, LTE-connected ignition system connected tracking device in a car purchased from an American "buy here, pay here" used car lot. [VIDEO] [LINK]

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lonelappde · 2020-03 · Criticism

And they aren't buying new cars. They are more often buying junk used cars with predatory financing contracts ( [VIDEO] ) Parent poster was just spreading Fox "News" propaganda.

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papln · 2019-06 · Reference

This is true (John Oliver covered in depth at [VIDEO] ), but has nothing to do with the $35K 6+-year loans on new cars.

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