An amazing Jeremy Rifkin interview (in english).
Definitely worth the time!!!
Nobody sees the coming crisis :-(
I had to let this video load a fair amount of time to watch it unbroken.
http://www.eenvandaag.nl/binnenland/35444/topeconoom_rifkin_niemand_ziet_de_crisis_die_komt [1]_
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Jeremy Rifkin (born 1945 [2],[1] Denver, Colorado [3]), founder and president of the Foundation on Economic Trends (FOET) [4] and creator of the Third Industrial Revolution (TIR) [5], is an American economist, writer, public speaker and activist who seeks to shape public policy in the United States [6] and globally.
He advised the government of France during its presidency of the European Union [7] (July 1 to December 31, 2008). Rifkin also served as an adviser to Chancellor Angela Merkel [8] of Germany, Prime Minister Jose Socrates [9] of Portugal, and Prime Minister Janez Janša [10] of Slovenia, during their respective European Council [11] Presidencies, on issues related to the economy, climate change, and energy security. He currently advises the European Commission [12], the European Parliament [13], and several EU heads of government, including Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero [14] of Spain and Chancellor Angela Merkel [8] of Germany.
Rifkin has testified before numerous congressional committees and has engaged in litigation extensively to ensure "responsible" government policies on a variety of environmental [15], scientific and technology [16] related issues. Since 1994, Rifkin has been a fellow at the University of Pennsylvania [17]'s Wharton [18] Executive Education Program, lecturing CEOs and senior corporate management from around the world on new trends in science and technology.
From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeremy_Rifkin [19]
Links:
[1] http://www.eenvandaag.nl/binnenland/35444/topeconoom_rifkin_niemand_ziet_de_crisis_die_komt
[2] http://realneo.us/wiki/1945
[3] http://realneo.us/wiki/Denver,_Colorado
[4] http://www.foet.org
[5] http://thirdindustrialrevolution.ning.com
[6] http://realneo.us/wiki/United_States
[7] http://realneo.us/wiki/European_Union
[8] http://realneo.us/wiki/Angela_Merkel
[9] http://realneo.us/wiki/Jose_Socrates
[10] http://realneo.us/wiki/Janez_Jan%C5%A1a
[11] http://realneo.us/wiki/European_Council
[12] http://realneo.us/wiki/European_Commission
[13] http://realneo.us/wiki/European_Parliament
[14] http://realneo.us/wiki/Jose_Luis_Rodriguez_Zapatero
[15] http://realneo.us/wiki/Natural_environment
[16] http://realneo.us/wiki/Technology
[17] http://realneo.us/wiki/University_of_Pennsylvania
[18] http://realneo.us/wiki/Wharton
[19] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeremy_Rifkin