During a 2013 meeting with bankers at a rooftop restaurant in Athens, Morris Pearl thought he saw a parade on the street below. It turned out to be an unruly protest over the nation's dismal economy. "I remember thinking to myself, 'Are we really doing anything good for anyone other than the bankers?'," said Pearl.
Within a year, Pearl, 55, had resigned as a managing director of BlackRock Inc. to become chairman of Patriotic Millionaires, a coalition of wealthy American progressives demanding that their taxes be raised.
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