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Jeremy Rifkin

    January 26, 1945
    Jeremy Rifkin
    The Zero Marginal Cost Society
    The biotech century : harnessing the gene and remaking the world
    The Age of Access
    The empathic civilization
    The Third Industrial Revolution
    Hydrogen Economy: The Creation of the Worldwide Energy Web and the Redistribution of Power on Earth
    • 2022

      The Age of Resilience: Reimagining Existence on a Rewilding Earth is a wide-ranging look at the political, economic and cultural effects of the global shift from an economy based on efficiency to one based on resilience. Humans have long believed we could force the natural world to adapt to us; only now are we beginning to face the fact that it is we who will have to adapt to survive and thrive in an unpredictable natural world. A massive transformation of our economy (and with it the way we live our lives) has already begun. In The Age of Resilience, Jeremy Rifkin describes this great transformation and its profound effect on the way we think about the meaning of our existence, our economy, and how we govern ourselves as the earth rewilds around us. In The Age of Resilience, Jeremy Rifkin--a world-renowned expert and global governmental advisor on the impact of technological changes on human life and the environment--has written the defining work on the impact of climate change on the way humans organize their lives.

      The Age of Resilience
    • 2022
    • 2019

      The Green New Deal

      • 290 pages
      • 11 hours of reading
      3.7(597)Add rating

      "A new vision for America's future is quickly gaining momentum. Facing a global emergency, a younger generation is spearheading a national conversation around a Green New Deal and setting the agenda for a bold political movement with the potential to revolutionize society. Millennials, the largest voting bloc in the country, are now leading on the issue of climate change. While the Green New Deal has become a lightning rod in the political sphere, there is a parallel movement emerging within the business community that will shake the very foundation of the global economy in coming years. Key sectors of the economy are fast-decoupling from fossil fuels in favor of ever cheaper solar and wind energies and the new business opportunities and employment that accompany them. New studies are sounding the alarm that trillions of dollars in stranded fossil fuel assets could create a carbon bubble likely to burst by 2028, causing the collapse of the fossil fuel civilization. The marketplace is speaking, and governments will need to adapt if they are to survive and prosper. In The Green New Deal, New York Times bestselling author and renowned economic theorist Jeremy Rifkin delivers the political narrative and economic plan for the Green New Deal that we need at this critical moment in history. The concurrence of a stranded fossil fuel assets bubble and a green political vision opens up the possibility of a massive shift to a post-carbon ecological era, in time to prevent a temperature rise that will tip us over the edge into runaway climate change. With twenty-five years of experience implementing Green New Deal-style transitions for both the European Union and the People's Republic of China, Rifkin offers his vision for how to transform the global economy and save life on Earth." -- (Source of summary not specified)

      The Green New Deal
    • 2016

      Europe's New Energy Policy

      • 1176 pages
      • 42 hours of reading

      The Third Internal Market package marks a watershed in the EU's efforts to introduce effective liberalisation of its electricity and gas markets. A real understanding of this complicated legislative package is vital for all energy companies operating in the EU, as well as major energy purchasers and advisors. This new and fully updated fourth edition includes; in depth contributions on a common electricity and gas wholesale market; third party access; unbundling of TSO's and DSO's; National Regulatory Authorities; ACER; regulation of crossborder electricity exchanges; Gas regulation; retail market development and public service objectives; derogations and exemptions; common network rules; security of supply; reporting and review of the Directives; implementation and entry into force; the internal energy market and neighbouring countries; and an introduction to the energy market of the US. The fourth edition of this highly acclaimed & leading title on this subject is written by the key Commission officials and practitioners.

      Europe's New Energy Policy
    • 2014

      The Zero Marginal Cost Society

      • 446 pages
      • 16 hours of reading
      3.9(1483)Add rating

      The capitalist era is passing. Rising in its wake is a new global collaborative Commons that will transform our way of life. Jeremy Rifkin explains that intense competition is forcing the introduction of ever newer technologies, in turn boosting productivity to the point where the marginal cost of producing additional units is nearly zero.

      The Zero Marginal Cost Society
    • 2013

      The Third Industrial Revolution

      • 302 pages
      • 11 hours of reading
      4.1(52)Add rating

      "In this New York Times bestseller, the author takes us on a journey into a new economic era where hundreds of millions of people produce their own green energy in their homes, businesses, and factories and share it with each other on an 'energy Internet.' Rifkin's Third Industrial Revolution vision has been taken up by the European Union and China and endorsed by the United Nations. In this book, the author goes behind the scenes to meet the heads of state, global CEOs, social entrepreneurs, and NGO leaders who are pioneering the new economic paradigm."--Back cover

      The Third Industrial Revolution
    • 2010

      The empathic civilization

      • 688 pages
      • 25 hours of reading
      4.0(11)Add rating

      Global empathy in time to avoid the collapse of civilization and save the planet? One of the most popular social thinkers of our time, Jeremy Rifkin is the bestselling author of "The European Dream", "The Hydrogen Economy", "The End of Work", "The Biotech Century", and "The Age of Access". He is the president of the Foundation on Economic Trends in Washington, D.C.

      The empathic civilization
    • 2004

      The end of work

      • 400 pages
      • 14 hours of reading
      3.6(45)Add rating

      An analysis of the potentially catastrophic implications of the growing worldwide unemployment crisis explains how we can avoid economic collapse, create conditions for a new more humane social order, and redefine the role of the individual in the new technological society. Original. 30,000 first printing.

      The end of work
    • 2004

      Rifkin delves deeply into the history of Europe--and eventually America--to show how Europeans have succeeded in slowly and steadily developing a more adaptive, sensible way of working and living.

      The European Dream
    • 2002

      The Hydrogen Economy

      • 304 pages
      • 11 hours of reading
      3.7(310)Add rating

      The road to global security," writes Jeremy Rifkin, "lies in lessening our dependence on Middle East oil and making sure that all people on Earth have access to the energy they need to sustain life. Weaning the world off oil and turning it toward hydrogen is a promissory note for a safer world." Rifkin's international bestseller The Hydrogen Economy presents the clearest, most comprehensive case for moving ourselves away from the destructive and waning years of the oil era toward a new kind of energy regime. Hydrogen-one of the most abundant substances in the universe-holds the key, Rifkin argues, to a cleaner, safer, and more sustainable world.

      The Hydrogen Economy