Confronting Capitalism: The PMC Isn’t Going Away
The politics of the “professional managerial class.”
August 13, 2025
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August 13, 2025
Confronting Capitalism: The PMC Isn’t Going Away
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Summary
<p>The “professional managerial class” has become a staple of political debate on the Left.</p>
<p>In this episode of <em>Confronting Capitalism</em>, Vivek Chibber explains why the “PMC” is better understood as a heterogeneous layer within capitalism rather than a distinct class, how and why the middle strata have expanded, and what has pushed so many professionals toward anti-capitalist politics. While skeptical of the PMC as a precise analytical category, Chibber argues that the term still captures something real about one of the most politically influential groups in modern America.</p>
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<p><em>Confronting Capitalism with Vivek Chibber</em> is produced by <em>Catalyst: A Journal of Theory and Strategy</em>, and published by <em>Jacobin</em>. Music by Zonkey.</p>
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