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The Industrial Revolution powered by oil and other fossil fuels is spiraling into a dangerous endgame The price of gas and food are climbing unemployment remains high the housing market has tanked consumer and government debt is soaring and the recovery is slowing Facing the prospect of a second collapse of the global economy humanity is desperate for a sustainable economic game plan to take us into the futureHere Jeremy Rifkin explores how Internet technology and renewable energy are merging to create a powerful Third Industrial Revolution He asks us to imagine hundreds of millions of people producing their own green energy in their homes offices and factories and sharing it with each other in an energy internet just like we now create and share information onlineRifkin describes how the five-pillars of the Third Industrial Revolution will create thousands of businesses millions of jobs and usher in a fundamental reordering of human relationships from hierarchical to lateral power that will impact the way we conduct commerce govern society educate our children and engage in civic lifeRifkins vision is already gaining traction in the international community The European Union Parliament has issued a formal declaration calling for its implementation and other nations in Asia Africa and the Americas are quickly preparing their own initiatives for transitioning into the new economic paradigmThe Third Industrial Revolution is an insiders account of the next great economic era including a look into the personalities and players -- heads of state global CEOs social entrepreneurs and NGOs -- who are pioneering its implementation around the world.
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One of the most popular social thinkers of our time, Jeremy Rifkin is the bestselling author of The European Dream, The Hydrogen Economy, The Age of Access, The Biotech Century, and The End of Work. A fellow at the Wharton School's Executive Education Program and an adviser to several European Union heads of state, he is the president of the Foundation on Economic Trends in Bethesda, Maryland.
