PRESENTERS + KEYNOTE
JAKE HALPERN
KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Listed by Amazon as one of the h ottest selling authors,
Jake Halpern, author of Bad Paper: Chasing Debt from Wall
Street to the Underworld, will be talking with Convention
attendees about the underworld of consumer debt collection.
His jou rney looks at the industry, where having a criminal
background is no barrier to entry. Halpern will explain
debt buying and how little regulation gave rise to a chaotic
marketplace.
AMIR SUFI
KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Known as one of the leading experts on the macroeconomic
effects of private debt, Professor Amir Sufi has produced
some of the most important and compelling research on
the impact of debt on consumer behavior during the recent
housing bubble and bust. His book, House of Debt
(co-authored w/ Professor Atif Mian), details the ways in
which the housing bust damaged the economic well-being
of low- and middle-income households across the country.
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