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Predatory Lending: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
John Oliver's Last Week Tonight segment on payday loans and predatory lending, covering how they trap borrowers and target the elderly and military. It features Sarah Silverman.
Why HN readers recommended it
HN recommends it as a good overview of predatory lending and the problems with payday loans.
This is a summary from the source dataset, not an endorsement by Hacker News or the video creator.
Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- LastWeekTonight
- Topic
- predatory lending
- Format
- commentary
- Level
- general
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 4
- HN mentions in dataset
- 8
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2014–2022
These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.
From the original HN conversations
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I highly recommend you watch the John Oliver segment on Payday Loans. [VIDEO] ANYTHING that helps get rid of those scum is a huge improvement.
VikingCoder on Hacker News · 2015-04
In Want a steady income? There's an app for thatIf you are interested in this topic, you should watch: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver: Predatory Lending (HBO) [1]. I think he does a pretty good job in giving an overview of what predatory lending is. Although, he does not talk about Harvard, MIT, …
WestCoastJustin on Hacker News · 2014-09
In Secret Network Connects Harvard Money to Payday LoansEven better, check out Last Week Tonight's bit (John Oliver's show on HBO) on payday loan companies [0] - they're utterly appalling. [0] [VIDEO] Edit: spelling
themartorana on Hacker News · 2014-09
In Secret Network Connects Harvard Money to Payday Loans
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