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Journalist whose work has appeared in Harper’s, the San Francisco Chronicle and the Boston Globe. He is author of The Trap: Selling Out to Stay Afloat in Winner-Take-All America. His article “Usury Country: Welcome to the Birthplace of Payday Lending” appears in the new issue of Harper’s.

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