Jeremy Rifkin

American economist · United States · Academics · Born 1945 · age 81

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2015Honorary Doctorate of Hasselt UniversityAward2014“The social Commons is where we generate the good will that allows a society to cohere as a cultural entity. Markets and governments are an extension of a people’s social identity.”In their wordsPalgrave Macmillan, ISBN 978-1-137-27846-3Read the whole statement

“The Protestant theologian replaced the church’s feudal cosmology with a worldview centered on the personal relationship of each believer with Christ.”In their wordsPalgrave Macmillan, ISBN 978-1-137-27846-3Read the whole statement

“Getting to near zero marginal cost and nearly free goods and services is a function of advances in productivity.”In their wordsPalgrave Macmillan, ISBN 978-1-137-27846-3Read the whole statement

“WE ARE IN THE MIDST OF AN EPIC CHANGE in the nature of work. The First Industrial Revolution ended slave and serf labor.”In their wordsPalgrave Macmillan, ISBN 978-1-137-27846-3Read the whole statement

“Should we worry about social media sites sharing everything they know about us with third-party commercial interests?”In their wordsPalgrave Macmillan, ISBN 978-1-137-27846-3Read the whole statement

2006Honorary doctor of the University of LiègeAward2005Corine Literature PrizeAward2003“The human journey is, at its core, about the extension of empathy to broader and more inclusive domains. At first, the empathy extended only to kin and tribe.”In their words16 August 2003“Man and Other Animals: Our Fellow Creatures Have Feelings - So We Should Give Them Rights Too,” in The Guardian (16 August 2003)Read the whole statement

1945Born26 January 1945

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The capitalist era is passing . . . not quickly, but inevitably. A new economic paradigm - the Collaborative Commons - is rising in its wake that will transform our way of life.
2014, Palgrave Macmillan, ISBN 978-1-137-27846-3, Own words
The social Commons is where we generate the good will that allows a society to cohere as a cultural entity. Markets and governments are an extension of a people’s social identity.
2014, Palgrave Macmillan, ISBN 978-1-137-27846-3, Own words
Like it or not, giant, vertically integrated corporate enterprises were the most efficient means of organizing the production and distribution of mass produced goods and services.
2014, Palgrave Macmillan, ISBN 978-1-137-27846-3, Own words

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Honorary Doctorate of Hasselt University2015

Honorary doctor of the University of Liège2006

Corine Literature Prize2005

About this person

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 Third Industrial Revolution (2011), The Empathic Civilization (2010), and The European Dream (2004).

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In common with Jeremy

Max GazzèAlso in Woodstock 5 Stelle (2010)

Francesco BacciniAlso in Woodstock 5 Stelle (2010)

James Howard KunstlerAlso in Escape from Suburbia: Beyond the American Dream (2007)

Shane SmithAlso in The Third Industrial Revolution (2017)

Samuele BersaniAlso in Woodstock 5 Stelle (2010)

Lester Russell BrownAlso in Woodstock 5 Stelle (2010)

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