The Empathic Civilization

• Rifkin, Jeremy
• Putnam; 2009
• Hardcover; 656 pages
• 978158427659

One of the leading big-picture thinkers of our day ("Utne Reader"), the bestselling author of "The European Dream" delivers his boldest work yet in this erudite, tough-minded, and far-reaching manifesto.

About the Author

An internationally renowned social critic, Jeremy Rifkin is the best-selling author of The Biotech Century, which has been translated into fifteen languages, and The Age of Access (Penguin, 2000). Since 1994, Mr. Rifkin has been a fellow at the Wharton School Executive Education Program, where he lectures on new trends in science and technology and their impacts on the global economy, society and the environment for CEOs and corporate management from around the world. He is president of the Foundation on Economic Trends in Washington, DC.