Stan Alcorn is a reporter based in New York City. In addition to his work for Marketplace, he has reported for Fast Company, WNYC and NPR.
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Activists calling themselves Occupy Wall Street have been gathering in lower Manhattan for over a week, speaking out against the current economic conditions in the U.S.
