Jeremy rifkin is president of the foundation on economic trends and the author of eighteen bestselling books, including the hydrogen economy and the end of work. If its a horse race and you can choose only one explanatory factor, choose technology and go home a winner virtually every night. Review of jeremy rifkins the zero marginal cost society. Our consciousness is continually recording the entropy change in the world around us. The end of work in this compelling, disturbing, and ultimately hopeful book, jeremy rifkin argues that we are entering a new phase of history one characterized by the steady and inevitable decline of jobs. In 1995, rifkin contended that worldwide unemployment would increase as information technology eliminated tens. The world, says rifkin, is fast polarizing into two potentially irreconcilable forces. Jeremy rifkin argues that we are entering a new phase in history one characterized by the steady and inevitable decline of jobs. Jeremy rifkin is an american economic and social theorist, writer, public speaker, political advisor, and activist. The decline of the global workforce and the dawn of the post market era. Jeremy rifkin on europes uncertain future the end of work. Jeremy rifkin on europes uncertain future the end of work by jeremy rifkin european politicians often like to blame outsourcing for the disappearance of jobs.
Economy, the age of access, the biotech century, and the end of work. The national journal named rifkin as one of 150 people in the u. Using many examples taken from the past and present, rifkin demonstrated what he believes are the main factors which are hurling us towards an unemployed global population. Well, it should, according to rifkin, a fellow at the wharton school executive education program and the author of such dystopian polemics as the biotech century and the end of work. More than 800 million human beings are now unemployed or underemployed. Work was seasonal and limited by daylight hours, whereas after the industrial revolution electric light bulbs lightened up the factories, and night shifts became a common thing. Book jeremy rifkin for speaking, events and appearances. Rifkin also contributes a significant amount of discussion to the extension of deskilling to other sectors.
Rifkin attempts to throw the world into a state of shock with his book. Jeremy rifkin a history of the future the world in 2025 31 january 2017. Bestselling author jeremy rifkin explains that intense competition is forcing the introduction of ever newer technologies, in turn boosting productivity to the point where the marginal cost of producing additional units is nearly zero, making the product. Here, jeremy rifkin explores how internet technology and renewable energy. We sit next to a fire and watch its redhot embers turn slowly into cold white ashes. Jeremy rifkins policy suggestions for the end of work. The end of work could spell a death sentence for civilization as we have come to know it. He was an adviser to german chancellor angela merkel on the third industrial revolution. The end of work paperback may 11, 2004 by jeremy rifkin author visit amazons jeremy rifkin page. The end of work is a much more solid, wellresearched and carefully argued book than fords. The end of work recapitulates this argument and bolsters it with thoroughly uptodate evidence. The decline of the global labor force and the dawn of the postmarket era new ed by jeremy rifkin, robert l. Jeremy rifkin on zero marginal cost society and the.
He is an activist who seeks to shape public policy in the united states and globally he has testified before numerous congressional committees and has engaged in litigation extensively to ensure responsible. Jeremy rifkin, one of the most popular social thinkers of our time, is the bestselling author of 19 books including the third industrial revolution, the empathic civilization, the european dream, and the end of work. Incidentally, it helped me discovered that there was a wikipedia page on a few weeks ago, i serendipitously found this title staring out of the shelf at me in value village while i was looking for a halloween costume accessory. The end of work is jeremy rifkins most influential and important book. Jeremy rifkin born january 26, 1945 is an american economic and social theorist, writer, public speaker, political advisor, and activist. The end of work by jeremy rifkin published in 1995 by tarcherputnam. I have just finished reading the end of work by jeremy rifkin, an american economist. His analysis of the progress and aims of cybernation in the control of an inner elite my terminology is comprehensive and complete.
The end of work paperback may 11, 2004 by jeremy rifkin author. The ranks of the unemployed are swelling with former service. An analysis of the potentially catastrophic implications of the growing. Jeremy rifkin on zero marginal cost and the decline of. Rifkin is the author of 21 bestselling books about the impact of scientific and technological changes on the economy, the workforce, society, and the environment. Jeremy rifkin born 1945, 1 denver, colorado, the founder and president of the foundation on economic trends foet, is an american economist, writer, and public speaker. In his most ambitious book to date, bestselling social critic jeremy rifkin shows that. Rifkin offers a tough, compelling critique of the flaws in the techniques the government uses to compile employment. Rifkin is the author of 21 books about the impact of scientific and technological changes on the economy, the workforce, society, and the environment. Rifkin end of work pdf download this as a pdf file. Jeremy rifkin quotes author of the zero marginal cost. And then the subtitle the decline of the global labor force and the dawn of the postmarket era made me think that the book is about how technology is the cause of. Rising in its wake is a new global collaborative commons that will fundamentally transform our way of life. Jeremy rifkin a history of the future the world in.
From the paleolithic huntergatherer and neolithic farmer to the medieval craftsman and assembly line worker of the current century, work has. Time goes forward because energy itself is always moving from an available to an unavailable state. The end of work is to us informative, however, it should not be read as a bible. Now nearly ten years old, it has been updated for a new, postnew economy era. Braverman suggested in his book that, as deskilling progressed, it would continue outside.
To hear jeremy rifkin being interviewed click here. Includes bibliographical references pages 330336 and index the end of work trickledown technology and market realities visions of technoparadise crossing into the hightech frontier technology and the africanamerican experience the great automation debate postfordism no more farmers hanging up the blue collar the last service. He has been a guest on face the nation, the lehrer news hour, 2020, larry king live, today, and good morning america. A third industrial revolution would seal our fate why. Robotics, ai, the end of human work, and a coming renaissance. Speaker jeremy rifkin economy, finance and globalisation. It comes about as a result of a web of social processes including education, training, and incentives. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Rifkins other recent titles include the empathic civilization, the age of access, the end of work, the european dream, the biotech century, and the hydrogen economy. In western europe, thousands of jobs have been eliminated as companies move their production facilities abroad. Rifkin is the author of 20 bestselling books about the impact of scientific and technological changes on the economy, the workforce, society, and the environment. Statistics and figures have been revised to take new trends into account.
The decline of the global labor force and the dawn of the postmarket era is a nonfiction book by american economist jeremy rifkin, published in 1995 by putnam publishing group. Capitalism is making way for the age of free jeremy rifkin. We experience the world always changing around us, and. Even moreso than bergmann, rifkin in the end of work takes into account what might and likely wont be politically viable over and beyond what would actually work to ease the transition into a postmarket economy, and its interesting and a little sad to see what back in 1995 seemed possible that in the face of subsequent government dysfunction. Jeremy rifkin has been an advisor to the european union for the past decade. Page 1 the end of work from the beginning, civilization has been structured, in large part, around the concept of work. The end of work could mean the demise of civilization as we have come to know it, or signal the beginning of a great social transformation and a rebirth of the. Global unemployment has now reached its highest level since the great depression of the 1930s. The end of work hardcover december 28, 1994 by jeremy rifkin author. Jeremy rifkin argues that we are entering a new phase in history. The internet of things, the collaborative commons, and the eclipse of capitalism ny. Esteemed economist, philosopher, and activist jeremy rifkins critically acclaimed book addresses what could be the most important issue facing our. Jeremy rifkin is an american economic and social theorist, writer, public speaker, political advisor.
Jeremy rifkin is president of the foundation on economic trends and the author of 17 bestselling books on the impact of scientific and technological changes on the economy, the workforce, society and the environment. The books have been translated into more than 35 languages. The end of work could also signal the beginning of a great social transformation, a rebirth of the human spirit. Book jeremy rifkin for public speaking harry walker agency. After working for an organization for fifteen or more years, it is. Worldwide unemployment is now at the highest level since the great depression of. His books have been translated into more than thirty languages and are used in thousands of universities, corporations and government agencies around the world. In this compelling, disturbing, and ultimately hopeful book, jeremy rifkin argues that we are entering a new phase of history one characterized by the steady and inevitable decline of jobs. Find all the books, read about the author, and more.
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