Insider spoke with protesters, Wall Street veterans, and city officials to find out whether Occupy Wall Street made a difference
Just a few short years after the global financial crisis, a group of protesters took to the streets of Lower Manhattan, marched to Zuccotti Park — and stayed for two months.
On the 10th anniversary of the occupation, Insider spoke with participants and observers of the movement, including the original organizers, city officials, historians, Wall Street traders, and lawyers on both sides of the battle. We wanted to understand how Occupy started, what it meant to those involved, and what legacy it could claim. Wall Street still holds sway in Washington, banks are minting record profits, and corporations pay starkly lower taxes than they did then.
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