Changes in the economy and the increase in inequality in the United States have led to a variety of popular responses. One of these was the Occupy Wall Street movement, which began in 2011 as a small local protest in New York City. One of the slogans that emerged from the Occupy movement was, "We are the 99%." The Occupy protests often drew strong responses from authorities like the police and from those who were unsympathetic to the protestors. What kind of social capital did this movement foster