BioJoel Kotkin is the Presidential Fellow at Chapman University, Executive Director of the Houston-based Urban Reform Institute , the author of 10 books including his most recent “ The Coming of Neo-Feudalism: A Warning to the Global Middle Class”. And he’s been described as “America’s uber-geographer”. Times0:15 - Intro to Joel1:30 - The rise of neo-feudalism and what is it?15:30 -  Power vacuumed to the executive branch & federalism19:45 - Wealth inequality24:45 - Hypocrisy is part of the medieval mindset30:15 - Big government benefits big business38:45 - How the pandemic impacted America’s geography / economy44:30 - FAANG M&A50:30 - Closing segment LinksThe Coming of Neo-Feudalism: A Warning to the Global Middle Classjoelkotkin.comJoel's twitterJoel's podcastnarrativemonopoly.com