Jeremy Rifkin

Jeremy Rifkin born January 26 1945 is an American economic and social theorist writer public speaker political advisor and activist Rifkin is the author of 21 books about the impact of scientific and technological changes on the economy the workforce society and the environment His most recent books include The Green New Deal 2019 The Zero Marginal Cost Society 2014 The Third Industrial Revolution 2011 The Empathic Civilization 2010 and The European Dream 2004 Rifkin is the principal architect of the Third Industrial Revolution longterm economic sustainability plan to address the triple challenge of the global economic crisis energy security and climate change The Third Industrial Revolution TIR was formally endorsed by the European Parliament in 2007 and now is being implemented by various agencies within the European Commission The Huffington Post reported from Beijing in October 2015 that Chinese Premier Li Keqiang has not only read Jeremy Rifkins book The Third Industrial Revolution but taken it to heart he and his colleagues having incorporated ideas from this book into the core of the countrys thirteenth FiveYear Plan According to EurActiv Jeremy Rifkin is an American economist and author whose bestselling Third Industrial Revolution arguably provided the blueprint for Germanys transition to a lowcarbon economy and Chinas strategic acceptance of climate policy Rifkin has taught at the Wharton School executive education program at the University of Pennsylvania since 1995 where he instructs CEOs and senior management on making a transition of their business operations into sustainable economies Rifkin is ranked number 123 in the WorldPost The Huffington Post 2015 global survey of The Worlds Most Influential Voices He also is listed among the top ten most influential economic thinkers in the survey Rifkin has lectured before many Fortune 500 companies and hundreds of governments civil society organizations and universities over the past thirty five years Rifkin is also the president of the TIR Consulting Group LLC in connection with a wide range of industries including renewable energy power transmission architecture construction information technology IT electronics transport and logistics TIRs global economic development team is working with cities regions and national governments to develop the Internet of Things IoT infrastructure for a collaborative commons and a third industrial revolution Currently TIR is working with the regions of HautsdeFrance in France the Metropolitan Region of Rotterdam and The Hague and the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg in the conceptualization buildout and scaleup of a smart third industrial revolution infrastructure to transform their economies Source Article Jeremy Rifkin from Wikipedia in English licensed under CCBYSA 30