For classist put-downs, a maximum wage just may be the ultimate antidote. How raw can class contempt get? Take a look at the venom that oozed out earlier this spring from Ronald Havner, the CEO of Public Storage, America’s biggest self-storage company. This year, for the first time ever, enterprises like Public Storage have had […]
Sam Pizzigati

About Sam Pizzigati
Among his many pursuits, Sam Pizzigati co-edits Inequality.org, the weekly newsletter of the Institute for Policy Studies. He is a veteran labor journalist and has authored a number of books on maldistributed income and wealth, including The Rich Don’t Always Win: The Forgotten Triumph over Plutocracy that Created the American Middle Class, 1900-1970. His latest book, The Case for a Maximum Wage, was published in spring 2018. Follow him at @Too_Much_Online.