{"product_id":"a-piece-of-the-action-how-the-middle-class-joined-the-money-class-paperback","title":"A Piece of the Action: How the Middle Class Joined the Money Class - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJoe Nocera\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNow with a new introduction describing the fallout of America's consumer credit boom, 1994's wildly acclaimed bestseller \u003ci\u003eA Piece of the Action\u003c\/i\u003e tells the story of how millions of middle class Americans went from being savers to borrowers and investors through the invention of credit cards, mutual funds, and IRAs--resulting in profound societal change.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"America began to change on a mid-September day in 1958, when the Bank of America dropped its first 60,000 credit cards on the unassuming city of Fresno, California.\" So begins Joe Nocera's riveting account of one of the most astonishing revolutions in modern American life--what Nocera labels \"the money revolution.\" In the decades since, the middle class has gained access to credit cards, to mutual funds, to retirement accounts--and to hundreds of other financial vehicles that have allowed everyone to get \"a piece of the action.\" In this lively, engaging book, some of the great financial characters of modern times--from Charles Merrill to Charles Schwab to Peter Lynch--strut across the stage as the course of this great financial shift is charted. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn an all-new introduction, Nocera takes a look back at the consequences of the money revolution. Were members of the middle class as prepared as the innovators claimed to take control of their financial lives? Or did events like the dot-com and the housing bubbles suggest something else: that far too many of us lacked the wherewithal to make sound investment decisions?\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJoe Nocera\u003c\/b\u003e is an op-ed columnist for \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times.\u003c\/i\u003e He was previously a business columnist for the \u003ci\u003eTimes \u003c\/i\u003eand a staff writer for \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e. He spent ten years at \u003ci\u003eFortune\u003c\/i\u003e, where he rose to editorial director, and has written for numerous publications, including \u003ci\u003eGQ\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eEsquire\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eNewsweek\u003c\/i\u003e. He has won three Gerald Loeb awards and three John Hancock awards for excellence in business journalism. His most recent book is the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller \u003ci\u003eAll the D\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eevils Are Here\u003c\/i\u003e, which he coauthored with Bethany McClean. He lives in New York.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 480\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.2 x 8.3 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 15, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56107746492721,"sku":"9781476744896","price":21.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1004\/9532\/7537\/files\/ZxyBu1WQpZ9781476744896.webp?v=1788501457","url":"https:\/\/mitchellofficial.com\/products\/a-piece-of-the-action-how-the-middle-class-joined-the-money-class-paperback","provider":"MITCHELL","version":"1.0","type":"link"}