I had a client who owned a small parts supplier for Daimler. Not a millionaire, unless she had very inconspicuous consumption. Probably p.b. There are many small businesses, many, many. Their owners are not an inconsiderable number. The category petit bourgeoisie is not "extinct".
Charles
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The original article in Radical America was absurd, and the classification remains absurd now. _Real_ managers (CEOs, CFOs, etc., perhaps a bit lower on the corporate ladder, are simply members of the capitalist class. Their salaries are merely are a share in surplus value, and much of their income is fairly overtly capitalist income. As to the statistics you quote, there is no way to determine from them where the division between managers as capitalists and managers as skilled workers lies. Neither is there anyway to divide "professionals" into skilled workers and independent professionals. The whole breakdown is essentially useless for political analysis and planning.
Carrol