The Third Industrial Revolution

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The Third Industrial Revolution
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Author Jeremy Rifkin
LanguageEnglish
Subject Energy, economics, sharing economy
GenreNon-fiction
Publisher Palgrave MacMillan
Publication date
2011
Media typePrint (hardcover)
Pages270
ISBN 978-0230341975
OCLC 767910590

The Third Industrial Revolution; How Lateral Power is Transforming Energy, the Economy, and the World is a book by Jeremy Rifkin published in 2011. The premise of the book is that fundamental economic change occurs when new communication technologies converge with new energy regimes, mainly, renewable electricity. [1]

Contents

The sharing economy is also explored as a crucial element of the Third Industrial Revolution.

Reception

The book has been on the New York Times Best Seller List. [2] Rifkin has been interviewed on NPR. [3] [4]

Documentary

In 2017 a documentary based on the book was released by Vice Media starring Jeremy Rifkin.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Jeremy Rifkin, Nicolas Easley. "Jeremy Rifkin and The Third Industrial Revolution Home Page". thethirdindustrialrevolution.com. Archived from the original on 2017-02-25. Retrieved 2013-04-12.
  2. ↑ "NY Times Best Seller List". NY Times. Retrieved October 23, 2011.
  3. ↑ "Innovation Hub - Great Minds, Great Conversations - Recent Entries". Innovation Hub - WGBH.org Blogs.[ permanent dead link ]
  4. ↑ "Innovation Hub - Great Minds, Great Conversations - Power to the People". Innovation Hub - WGBH.org Blogs.
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