The Age of Access by Jeremy Rifkin

The Age of Access by Jeremy Rifkin

Visionary activist and author Jeremy Rifkin exposes the real stakes of the new economy, delivering the clearest summation yet of how the Internet is really changing our lives (The Seattle Times).

Imagine waking up one day to find that virtually every activity you engage in outside your immediate family has become a paid-for experience. It's all part of a fundamental change taking place in the nature of business, contends Jeremy Rifkin. After several hundred years as the dominant organizing paradigm of civilization, the traditional market system is beginning to deconstruct. On the horizon looms the Age of Access, an era radically different from any we have known.

Jeremy Rifkin is the founder and president of the Foundation on Economic Trends, as well as the author of eighteen best-selling books, including The Hydrogen Economy and The End of Work. Face the Nation, The Lehrer News Hour, 20/20, Larry King Live, Today, and Good Morning America have all included him as a guest. Rifkin was selected one of 150 persons in the United States by the National Journal. that have the most clout when it comes to determining federal policy Rifkin has also testified before various congressional committees and has been a senior lecturer at the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School's Executive Education Program since 1994.

Rifkin is the chairman of the Global CEO Business Roundtable, which comprises IBM, Cisco, Cushman & Wakefield, and has advised a number of world leaders, including French President Nicolas Sarkozy and German Chancellor Angela Merkel. He resides in Bethesda, Maryland.

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ISBN 13	9781585420186
ISBN 10	1585420182
Title	The Age of Access
Author	Jeremy Rifkin
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Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Penguin Putnam Inc
Year published	2000-04-03
Number of pages	312
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