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But rifkin, americas bestknown technosceptic, is speaking from the very heart of the capitalist system. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Oil and the other fossil fuel energies that make up the industrial way of life are sunsetting, and the technologies made from and propelled by these energies are antiquated. Ewa kania, wydawnictwo dol noslaskie, wroclaw 2003. Jeremy rifkin a history of the future the world in 2025 31 january 2017 european central bank. Book jeremy rifkin for speaking, events and appearances. Feb 16, 2011 jeremy rifkin s 2010 lecture to ross faculty discussing the role of empathy in education. Mar 16, 2014 i have to confess something upfront here, ive never been all that impressed by the quality of logic that goes into jeremy rifkin s various ruminations upon matters economic. Jeremy rifkin born january 26, 1945 is an american economic and social theorist, writer, public speaker, political advisor, and activist.
Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading the zero marginal cost society. Jeremy rifkin s books the green new deal an urgent plan to confront climate change, transform the american economy, and create a green postfossil fuel culture. Addressing that we are on the historic paradigm shift, he mentioned about the benefits and challenges of this new iot era. Jeremy rifkin argues that we are entering a new phase in history one characterized by the steady and inevitable decline of jobs. His other books include the hydrogen economy, the european dream, the end of work, the age of access, and the biotech century.
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