
The Feudal Future Podcast
Join us to explore how we can rebuild broad-based economic opportunity.
America is becoming more feudal and less a land of opportunity. But there’s still time to turn this around — if we understand what is happening and what actions can make a real difference.
This is the core of our mission.
With today’s class structure starting to resemble the Medieval era, opportunity is slipping away for small business owners, property holders, skilled workers, and professionals. Join world-renowned author Joel Kotkin and tech entrepreneur Marshall Toplansky as they explore ideas and insights to rebuild broad-based opportunity for all Americans.


Joel Kotkin the Roger Hobbs Presidential Fellow in Urban Futures at Chapman University and and directs the Center for Demographics and Policy there. He is Senior Research Fellow at the Civitas Institute at the University of Texas in Austin, and an internationally-recognized authority on global, economic, political and social trends. His book, The Coming of Neo-Feudalism is available in hardcover, paperback, audio, and digital editions. Find Joel online at joelkotkin.com

Marshall N. Toplansky is an award-winning Innovation Professor of Management Science at the Argyros School of Business and Economics at Chapman University. He is a widely published and award-winning marketing professional and successful entrepreneur. Marshall co-founded KPMG’s data & analytics center of excellence and now teaches and consults corporations on their analytics strategies.

The Chapman Center for Demographics and Policy focuses on research and analysis of global, national and regional
demographic trends and explores policies that might produce favorable demographic results over time.
Learn more about the Center for Demographics and Policy
