Robert Hobbs

Deputy Director, National Consumer Law Center

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Deputy Director of the National Consumer Law Center and author of Fair Debt Collection, a treatise for lawyers

Robert Hobbs on KCRW

There may be fewer paper towels in the package than there used to be, but you're still paying the same price. The same is true for dog food and trash bags.

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There may be fewer paper towels in the package than there used to be, but you're still paying the same price. The same is true for dog food and trash bags.

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