Jake Halpern Quotes

• Most of us, myself included, have forgotten what real darkness is like. We live in a world where light is inescapable. It comes from street lamps, headlights, security floodlights, and even the faint glow of our alarm clocks. We take it for granted that we can see at all times of day and night.

  Jake Halpern

  Real, Night, Light

  Source: www.mtv.com

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• My mother was being hounded by a debt collector over a debt that she didn't owe, and she eventually just paid it because she wanted the calls to stop. I was very surprised. It sounded so strange. I started poking around on the internet and found this was extremely common. There was this world where these debts were sold off by the banks for pennies on the dollar and bought and sold.

  Jake Halpern

  Mother, World, Pennies

  Source: www.motherjones.com

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• That was my concept from the beginning - a crazy caper that's a parable for what happens in the absence of regulation.

  Jake Halpern

  Crazy, Regulation, Absence

  "Inside the Bizarre, Unregulated World of Debt Collection". Interview with Nick Baumann, www.motherjones.com. October 25, 2014.

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• I was interested in this relationship between the armed robber and the banker who were from different worlds but had similar goals. It was kind of a metaphor for this larger marriage of the banks selling off their debt and these street guys scrapping over it.

  Jake Halpern

  Goal, Guy, Bankers

  Source: www.motherjones.com

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• Imagine having "no chain of titles for cars, no VIN numbers, and no DMV. There'd be total chaos! But that's basically the system for debt.

  Jake Halpern

  Numbers, Car, Titles

  Source: www.motherjones.com

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