Jeremy Rifkin

Founder and President, Foundation on Economic Trends

Jeremy Rifkin is a Professor at the Wharton School, Currently, Mr. Rifkin is advising the European Union and other governments as well as Fortune 500 companies, on actions that should be taken immediately to address the triple threat of the global financial crisis, energy crisis, and climate change.

One of the leading big-picture thinkers of our day

Topics

The Third Industrial Revolution
The European Dream
The Hydrogen Economy
The Age of Access
Genetic Commerce
The Biotech Century
Shaping Public Policy
Global Economic Trends
Climate Change

Languages

He presents in English.

How he presents

Highly engaging and fluid, his style is nonetheless very well punctuated allowing time to absorb his powerful messages.

Publications

2019
The Green New Deal: Why the Fossil Fuel Civilization Will Collapse by 2028, and the Bold Economic Plan to Save Life on Earth
2014
The Zero Marginal Cost Society
2011
The Third Industrial Revolution: How Lateral Power is Transforming Energy, the Economy, and the World
2010
The Empathic Civilization
2004
The European Dream
2002
The Hydrogen Economy
2000
The Age of Access
1998
The Biotech Century

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In Detail

Mr. Rifkin is the Chairman of the Third Industrial Revolution Global CEO Business Roundtable, made up of 100 of the world’s leading corporations and trade associations that are creating the infrastructure for a new low-carbon energy era and accompanying economic paradigm. As the founder and president of The Foundation on Economic Trends he examines the economic, environmental, social and cultural impacts of new technologies introduced into the global economy.

What he offers you

A master of speech, he addresses the impact of scientific and technological changes on the economy, workforce, society and the environment. Unprecedented consequences are emerging out of the shift from industrial to cultural production, and his informed insight on this is unparalleled.