Joel Kotkin is one of the very best class theorists out there today. Kotkin’s analysis of the techno-oligarch/new clerisy alliance within a framework of metaphorical “neo-feudal” class relations is the natural update of James Burnham’s managerial revolution theory. Add to that Paul Fussell’s analysis of the traditional class system of the US and Tim Keating’s analysis of the lumpenproletariat and you will know most of what you need to know about class relations in the US,

Presidential Fellow in Urban Futures at Chapman University and author Joel Kotkin explains how inner city communities will be hit hardest by Covid-19.