In the ninth installment of Ask the Experts, we will hear from Joel Kotkin, Presidential Fellow in Urban Futures, R. Hobbs Professorship in Urban Studies, School of Communication and Marshall Toplansky, Clinical Assistant Professor of Management Science at Argyros School of Business and Economics, and Research Fellow at the C. Larry Hoag Center for Real Estate who will discuss their research brief titled, Beyond Feudalism: A Strategy to Restore California’s Middle Class which explores the inequality in California, and how a change in state policy could restore our state’s dream.

Kotkin and Toplansky will be joined by distinguished panelists, Lucy Dunn, Jennifer Hernandez, and Steve Pontell for commentary and Q & A. The event will be moderated by Lisa Sparks, Dean of the School of Communication at Chapman University.

This event has been sponsored by Orange County’s Credit Union and will be hosted by Tom Piechota, Ph.D. PE, Vice President of Research, Chapman University.

The entire Chapman community (staff, faculty, and students) and the broader community are welcome to join. A Q&A follow will follow the event.

Join the event at this Zoom link and for more information, visit the Ask the Experts webpage.