Jeremy Rifkin
Jeremy Rifkin (Born in Denver, Colorado in 1943) is the Founder and President of the Foundation on Economic Trends (FOET). He has written many books on the impact of scientific and technological changes.
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Influence in Europe
In addition to his work in his native United States, Rifkin has significant influence in Europe, serving as an advisor to government leaders and heads of state and served as a personal advisor to Romano Prodi, the former President of the European Commission, one of the governing bodies of the European Union. His columns appear in many leading European newspapers. Even though many of his views are contested, he has genuine influence on public opinion and public policy in the U.S. and Europe. National Journal magazine listed him as one of the 150 most influencial people in shaping U.S. policy for his "skillfully manipulated legal and bureaucratic procedures."
Criticisms
Jeremy Rifkin has sparked strong controversies about his positions. Critics in the United States have called him a professional scaremonger and criticize him for supporting the Precautionary Principle as they view it as an obstacle for technological advancement. Some even say his books are littered with errors and false predictions. Time Magazine went so far as to call him "the most hated man in science".
Books
- The European Dream: How Europe's Vision of the Future Is Quietly Eclipsing the American Dream (Jeremy P. Tarcher, 2004) ISBN 1585423459
- The Hydrogen Economy: The Creation of the Worldwide Energy Web and the Redistribution of Power on Earth (Jeremy P. Tarcher, 2002) ISBN 1585421936
- The Age Of Access: The New Culture of Hypercapitalism, Where All of Life Is a Paid-For Experience (Putnam Publishing Group, 2000) ISBN 1585420182
- The Biotech Century: Harnessing the Gene and Remaking the World (J P Tarcher, 1998) ISBN 087477909X
- The End Of Work: The Decline Of The Global Labor Force And The Dawn Of The Post-Market Era (Putnam Publishing Group, 1995) ISBN 0874777798
- Beyond Beef: The Rise and Fall of the Cattle Culture (E P Dutton, 1992) ISBN 0525934200
- Voting Green: Your Complete Environmental Guide to Making Political Choices In The 90's Jeremy Rifkin, Carol Grunewald Rifkin (Main Street Books, 1992) ISBN 0385419171
- Biosphere Politics: A New Consciousness for a New Century (Crown, 1991) ISBN 0517577461
- The Green Lifestyle Handbook: 1001 Ways to Heal the Earth edited By Jeremy Rifkin (Henry Holt & Co, 1990) ISBN 0805013695
- Time Wars: The Primary Conflict In Human History (Henry Holt & Co, 1987) ISBN 0805003770
- Declaration of a Heretic (Routledge & Kegan Paul Books Ltd, 1985) ISBN 0710207093
- Algeny (Viking Press, 1983) ISBN 0670108855
- Entropy: A New World View by Jeremy Rifkin with Ted Howard, afterword by Nicholas Georgescu-Roegen (Viking Press, 1980) ISBN 0670297178
- The Emerging Order: God in the Age of Scarcity by Jeremy Rifkin with Ted Howard (Putnam, 1979) ISBN B0006DCHX4
- The North Will Rise Again: Pensions, Politics And Power in the 1980s Jeremy Rifkin and Randy Barber (Beacon Press, 1978) ISBN 0807047872
- 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 by Ted Howard and Jeremy Rifkin (Dell Publ. Co, 1977) ISBN 0440195047
- How to Commit Revolution American Style by Jeremy Rifkin, John Rossen (Book Sales, 1973) ISBN 0818400412
See also
External links
- The Foundation on Economic Trends
- The Foundation on Economic Trends - About Jeremy Rifkin (biography)
- Biotechnology Through the Eyes of an Opponent: The Resistance of Activist Jeremy Rifkin by Paul S. Naik from the Virginia Journal of Law and Technology
- ActivistCash.com - Jeremy Rifkin (criticism)
- Dossier on Jeremy Rifkin by The National Center for Public Policy Research