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The third industrial revolution : how lateral power is transforming energy, the economy, and the world / Jeremy Rifkin.

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One of the most influential social thinkers of our time reveals how Internet technology and renewable energy are merging to create the new jobs and businesses of the twenty-first century and change the world

In this New York Times bestseller, Jeremy Rifkin takes us on a journey into a new economic era where hundreds of millions of people produce their own green energy in their homes, businesses, and factories and share it with each other on an "energy Internet." Rifkin's Third Industrial Revolution vision has been taken up by the European Union and China and endorsed by the United Nations. In this book, the author goes behind the scenes to meet the heads of state, global CEOs, social entrepreneurs, and NGO leaders who are pioneering the new economic paradigm. Book jacket.

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ISBN: 0230341977
ISBN: 9780230341975
Physical Description: 291 pages ; 24 cm
Edition: First Palgrave Macmillan paperback edition.
Publisher: New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2013.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (p. [271]-286) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	The third industrial revolution -- The real economic crisis everyone missed -- A new narrative -- Turning theory to practice -- Lateral power -- Distributed capitalism -- Beyond right and left -- From globalization to continentalization -- The collaborative age -- Retiring Adam Smith -- A classroom makeover -- Morphing from the industrial to the collaborative era.