Jeremy Rifkin (born January 26, 1945) is an American economic and social theorist, writer, public speaker, political advisor, and activist. Rifkin is the author of 23 books about the influence of scientific and technological changes on the economy, the workforce, society, and the environment. His most recent books include The Age of Resilience (2022), The Green New Deal (2019), The Zero Marginal Cost Society (2014), The Third Industrial Revolution (2011), The Empathic Civilization (2010), and The European Dream (2004).
Books in order of publication:
1973, How to Commit Revolution American Style: Bicentennial Declaration, with John Rossen, Lyle Stuart Inc.,
1975, Common Sense II: The Case Against Corporate Tyranny, Bantam Books,
1977, Own Your Own Job: Economic Democracy for Working Americans,
1977, Who Should Play God? The Artificial Creation of Life and What it Means for the Future of the Human Race, with Ted Howard, Dell Publishing Co.,
1978, The North Will Rise Again: Pensions, Politics and Power in the 1980s, with Randy Barber, Beacon Press,
1979, The Emerging Order: God in the Age of Scarcity, with Ted Howard, Putnam,
1980, Entropy: A New World View, with Ted Howard (afterword by Nicholas Georgescu-Roegen), Viking Press,
1983, Algeny: A New Word—A New World, in collaboration with Nicanor Perlas, Viking Press,
1985, Declaration of a Heretic, Routledge and Kegan Paul,
1987, Time Wars: The Primary Conflict In Human History, Henry Holt & Co,
1990, The Green Lifestyle Handbook: 1001 Ways to Heal the Earth (edited by Rifkin), Henry Holt & Co,
1991, Biosphere Politics: A New Consciousness for a New Century, Crown,
1992, Beyond Beef: The Rise and Fall of the Cattle Culture, E. P. Dutton,
1992, Voting Green: Your Complete Environmental Guide to Making Political Choices In The 90s, with Carol Grunewald Rifkin, Main Street Books,
1995, The End of Work: The Decline of the Global Labor Force and the Dawn of the Post-Market Era, Putnam Publishing Group,
1998, The Biotech Century: Harnessing the Gene and Remaking the World, J P Tarcher,
2000, The Age Of Access: The New Culture of Hypercritical, Where All of Life is a Paid-For Experience, Putnam Publishing Group,
2002, The Hydrogen Economy: The Creation of the Worldwide Energy Web and the Redistribution of Power on Earth, Jeremy P. Tarcher,
2004, The European Dream: How Europe’s Vision of the Future is Quietly Eclipsing the American Dream, Jeremy P. Tarcher,
2010, The Empathic Civilization: The Race to Global Consciousness In a World In Crisis, Jeremy P. Tarcher,
2011, The Third Industrial Revolution: How Lateral Power is Transforming Energy, the Economy, and the World, Palgrave Macmillan,
2014, The Zero Marginal Cost Society: The internet of things, the collaborative commons, and the eclipse of capitalism, Palgrave Macmillan,
2019, The Green New Deal: Why the Fossil Fuel Civilization Will Collapse by 2028, and the Bold Economic Plan to Save Life on Earth, St. Martin’s Press,
2022, The Age of Resilience: Reimagining Existence on a Rewilding Earth, St. Martin’s Press,
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