The third industrial revolution : how lateral power is transformimg energy, the economy, and the world /

The third industrial revolution : how lateral power is transformimg energy, the economy, and the world /

"We are undergoing a historical transformation in the way we create and disseminate energy. Together, Internet technology and the reality of renewable energy are creating a new type of electrical grid, one in which energy is stored and distributed on an individual basis. Soon, hundreds of milli...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Rifkin, Jeremy
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.
Subjects:
Energy development.
Power resources > Environmental aspects.
Clean energy industries.
Renewable energy sources.
Globalization.
Table of Contents:
  • The third industrial revolution
  • The real economic crisis everyone missed
  • A new narrative
  • Turning theory to practice
  • Lateral power
  • Distributed capitalism
  • Beyond right and left
  • From globalization to continentalization
  • The collaborative age
  • Retiring Adam Smith
  • A classroom makeover
  • Morphing from the industrial to the collaborative era.