The_Third_Industrial_Revolution_(book)

<i>The Third Industrial Revolution</i>

The Third Industrial Revolution

Book by Jeremy Rifkin

This article is about the book by Jeremy Rifkin. For concept of a third industrial revolution, see Digital Revolution.

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]

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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] and has been translated into 19 languages[citation needed]. By 2013, 400,000 copies were in print in China alone.[citation needed] 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. [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. [2]
    "NY Times Best Seller List". NY Times. Retrieved October 23, 2011.
  3. [3]
    "Innovation Hub - Great Minds, Great Conversations - Recent Entries". Innovation Hub - WGBH.org Blogs.[permanent dead link]
  4. [4]
    "Innovation Hub - Great Minds, Great Conversations - Power to the People". Innovation Hub - WGBH.org Blogs.
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