Jeremy Rifkin

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Jeremy Rifkin is one of the world’s foremost authorities on the impact of scientific and technological changes on the economy, society and environment. Jeremy Rifkin’s sixteen books, including bestsellers The End of Work, The Biotech Century and The Age of Access, have been translated into more than twenty languages and are used in hundreds of universities around the world. Mr. Rifkin’s monthly column on global issues appears in many of the world’s leading newspapers and magazines, including the Los Angeles Times, The Guardian, Frankfurter Allgemeine, Espresso, El Pais and Le Monde. He has been a frequent guest on TV news programs, including CNN’s "Crossfire," "Face the Nation," "The Lehrer News Hour", "20/20", "Larry King Live", "Today," and "Good Morning America." The National Journal named Rifkin as one of 150 people in the U.S. that have the most influence in shaping federal government policy.

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Jeremy Rifkin has been greatly influential in shaping public policy in the United States and around the world. As founder and president of the Foundation on Economic Trends, a non-profit organization that examines the economic, environmental, and social impacts of new technologies introduced into the global economy, Jeremy Rifkin has testified before numerous congressional committees and has had consistent success in litigation to ensure responsible government policies on a variety of environmental, scientific and technology related issues.

Jeremy Rifkin is an advisor to heads of state and government officials around the world and speaks frequently before business, labor and civic forums. He has lectured at more than 500 universities in some 20 countries in the past 30 years. Since 1994, Mr. Rifkin has been a fellow at the Wharton School’s Executive Education Program, where he lectures to CEOs and senior corporate management from around the world on new trends in science and technology and their impacts on the global economy, society and the environment.