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Jeremy Rifkin is an American economic and social theorist, writer, public speaker, political advisor, and activist. Rifkin is the author of 23 books about the influence of scientific and technological changes on the economy, the workforce, society, and the environment. His most recent books include The Age of Resilience (2022), The Green New Deal (2019), The Zero Marginal Cost Society (2014), The…
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culture · American economic and social theorist (born 1945) · economist · sociologist · writer · university teacher · prognostician · political scientist · opinion journalist · philosopher · consultant · Lehrbeauftragter · also Jeremy Rifkin, J. Rifkin, Rifkin
Born 26 January 1945 · Q505154
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The European Commission and the European Committee of the Regions hosted a conference in Brussels on the theme “Investing in Europe: building a coalition of smart cities and regions toward a Third Industrial Revolution”
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The European Central Bank hosted a conference on the theme “Into the Future: Europe’s Digital Integrated Market”
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TIR Consulting Group, LLC and Rifkin, its president, were commissioned by both the Metropolitan Region of Rotterdam - The Hague (MRDH) and the grand Duchy of Luxembourg to oversee the development of regional master plans
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Awarded honorary doctorate of Hasselt University (2015).
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Published video “Jeremy Rifkin on Energy at Harvard German Conference 2012”.
Published video “The Heat - Jeremy Rifkin on US Neoliberal Economics”.
Published video “Jeremy Rifkin on Global Warming and the Solar Future”.
Published video “Jeremy Rifkin on Carbon Levels”.
Published video “Backlight Talks: Jeremy Rifkin”.
Published video “A Green Road: Jeremy Rifkin - Five Reasons Why Nuclear Power is a Dead-End Business Model”.
Published video “Jeremy Rifkin: A New Era of Capitalism”.
Published video “Kandeh K Yumkella and Jeremy Rifkin Speaking about the Third Industrial Revolution”.
Published video “Jeremy Rifkin - International Transport Forum”.
Published video “Jeremy Rifkin On Entering The Third Industrial Revolution”.
Rifkin published The Third Industrial Revolution; How Lateral Power is Transforming Energy, the Economy, and the World
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The Economist pointed out that Rifkin drew attention to the trend back in 1996 with the publication of his book, The End of Work
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New Scientist: Jeremy Rifkin: The third industrial revolution
Rifkin published The Empathic Civilization: The Race to Global Consciousness in a World in Crisis
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Awarded Honorary doctor of the University of Liège (2006).
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Awarded Corine Literature Prize (2005).
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Was the first to introduce the concept that society is beginning to move from ownership of property in markets, to access to services in networks, giving rise to the sharing economy
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Rifkin launched the Beyond Beef Campaign, a coalition of six environmental groups including Greenpeace, Rainforest Action Network, and Public Citizen, with the goal of encouraging a 50% reduction in the consumption of be
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Rifkin published the book Beyond Beef
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Rifkin, with a group of environmentalists, attempted to prevent the launch of a NASA rocket that was expected to lift the Galileo space probe, claiming it carried a "very high risk" of explosion and "spraying deadly plut
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TIME Magazine called Jeremy Rifkin the "most hated man in science" and the "nation's foremost opponent of environmental neglect
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Rifkin brought together climate scientists and environmental activists from 35 nations in Washington, D
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The US Supreme Court ruled in favor of granting a patent on the first genetically engineered life form with 5 justices favoring the patent and 4 justices opposed
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Jeremy Rifkin and Randy Barber co-authored the book The North Will Rise Again: Pensions, Politics, and Power in the 1980s
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With the publication of Jeremy Rifkin and Randy Barber's The North Will Rise Again
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With Ted Howard, he founded the Foundation on Economic Trends (FOET), which is active in both national and international public policy issues related to the environment, the economy, and climate change
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The People's Bicentennial Commission staged a rally on the Capitol Mall as an alternative to the other Bicentennial celebrations
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Rifkin organized a mass protest against oil companies at the commemoration of the 200th Anniversary of the Boston Tea Party at Boston Harbor
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Rifkin founded the People's Bicentennial Commission to provide "revolutionary alternatives for the Bicentennial years
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Studied at The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, master's degree (1968).
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Studied at The Wharton School, bachelor's degree (1967).
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Born 1945-01-26.
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