In mid-September, more than 1000 people gathered in New York City’s Liberty Plaza in an attempt to occupy Wall Street. By the beginning of October, similar occupations were taking place in over 800 US cities made up of people from diverse backgrounds. Inspired by the Arab Spring and protests in Spain and Greece, the slogan “We are the 99%” has come to epitomise what this growing movement stands for. After an initial media blackout, the usual media pundits started with the hysterical...