An acclaimed bestseller at the time, A Piece of the Action: When the Middle Class Joined the Money Class takes the reader on a journey through the financial revolution that took place with the birth of products such as credit cards, mutual funds and retirement accounts, providing access to the middle class. Â We become acquainted with such visionary and iconic figures as Charles Merrill, Charles Schwab and Peter Lynch.
Joe Nocera has been a columnist and editorial director for Fortune and columnist at the New York Times. He has written Good Guys and Bad Guys: Behind the Scenes with the Saints and Scoundrels of American Business (and Everything in Between) and co-wrote The Smartest Guys in the Room: The Amazing Rise and Scandalous Fall of Enron and All the Devils Are Here: The Hidden History of the Financial Crisis.
This book now feels like a historical piece of journalism, but I still find it  provides tremendous insight into the process by which wider members of society gained access to financial products. This is relevant to anyone interested in such developments globally, particularly in emerging and frontier markets.
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