John Oliver: We Should Be Worried About the Subprime Car Loan Bubble That’s About to Burst (Video)
In a scary and important episode, the "Last Week Tonight" host sounds a warning about a boom in subprime automobile loans that promises to make "your eye twitch with flashbacks to the mortgage crisis."In a scary and important episode, the “Last Week Tonight” host sounds a warning about a boom in subprime automobile loans that promises to make “your eye twitch with flashbacks to the mortgage crisis.”
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