The Third Industrial Revolution

The Third Industrial Revolution
AuthorJeremy Rifkin
LanguageEnglish
SubjectEnergy, economics, sharing economy
GenreNon-fiction
PublisherPalgrave MacMillan
Publication date
2011
Media typePrint (hardcover)
Pages270
ISBN978-0230341975
OCLC767910590

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]

The sharing economy is also explored as a crucial element of the Third Industrial Revolution.

  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.