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Marshall Toplansky

Marshall Toplansky

Associate Professor; Clinical Faculty

Business and Economics, The George L. Argyros College of Business and Economics

Email: toplansk@chapman.edu

Education:: State University of New York at Albany, Bachelor of Arts
Harvard University, Master of Business Admin.

Recent Creative, Scholarly Work and Publications: "AI and the Future of Society and Economy", by Marshall Toplansky and Joel Kotkin is a chapter in the book “The Future of Labour: How AI, Technological Disruption and Practice Will Change the Way We Work.” published by Routledge, March, 2025.; "El Futuro Es Latino", edited by Marshall Toplansky and Joel Kotkin, Center for Demographics and Policy, Chapman University; The Feudal Future Podcast: With Marshall Toplansky and Joel Kotkin - Bi-Monthly Series; "Restoring the California Dream", by Joel Kotkin and Marshall Toplansky, Center for Demographics and Policy, Chapman University; "Is California Losing Its Mojo?, by Kenneth Murphy, Ph.D. and Marshall Toplansky, Center for Demographics and Policy, Chapman University.; "California Jobs - A Multi-Dimensional Problem", by Joel Kotkin, Marshall Toplansky, Heather Gonzales and Kenneth Murphy, Ph.D., Center for Demographics and Policy.; "Nurturing California Industries", by Heather Gonzalez, Sougata Poddar and Marshall Toplansky, Center for Demographics and Policy, Chapman University; The Future of the Office Real Estate Market; Coronavirus and the future of living and working in America; Beyond Feudalism: A Strategy to Restore California's Middle Class; Towards A Better Urbanism; Rethinking the Social Safety Net; California's Low-wage Jobs Crisis; California Can't Afford to be An Economic One-Trick Pony; Orange County - Emerging Superstar - Orange County Business Journal - July 30, 2018; OC Can Learn from Austin's Venture Capital, Orange County Business Journal, June 10, 2019; Gentrification in Los Angeles, Center for Opportunity Urbanism, Houston, TX. Chapman Co-Authors: Joel Kotkin, Kenneth Murphy, PhD. January 31, 2019; California Feudalism: The Squeeze on the Middle Class, policy report, Chapman University Center for Demographics and Policy, Co-Authors: Joel Kotkin and Marshall Toplansky; Orange County Focus: Forging Our Common Future; Southern California Needs A Better Marketing Strategy; OC Model: A Vision For Orange County's Future