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Author and economist Jeremy Rifkin will speak at Dalton State
College on Thursday, April 16, at 7:30 pm in the Goodroe
Auditorium of Memorial Hall. The lecture is free and open to the
public.
Rifkin, the founder and president of The Foundation on Economic
Trends, will speak on the topic of “The Third Industrial
Revolution: Greening the Global Economy.”
The author of 17 best-selling books on the impact of scientific,
technological, and cultural changes on the economy, society, and
the environment, Rifkin speaks frequently before business,
government, labor, and civil society forums around the world.
“Dalton State is very fortunate to have Jeremy Rifkin as a guest
lecturer, especially now that interest in greening the economy
seems to be growing both nationally and internationally,” says
Jane Taylor, Director of Public Relations at Dalton State.
“Over the past 35 years, Mr. Rifkin has spoken to groups at many
of the world’s leading Fortune 500 companies and at more than
300 colleges and universities in dozens of countries.”
He is the author of such bestselling books as The Hydrogen
Economy, The Age of Access, The Biotech Century, and The
European Dream: How Europe’s Vision of the Future is Quietly
Eclipsing the American Dream.
Rifkin earned a degree in economics from The Wharton School of
Business and a degree in international affairs from the Fletcher
School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University. He has been a
fellow at the Wharton School’s Executive Education Program at
the University of Pennsylvania since 1994 and is also a senior
fellow at the Robert H. Smith School of Business at the
University of Maryland where he lectures in the Executive
Education and MBA programs.
Rifkin writes a monthly column on global issues which appears
in many of the world’s leading newspapers and magazines,
including the Los Angeles Times, The Guardian (in the United
Kingdom), El Pais in Spain, De Volkskrant in the Netherlands,
and many others.
He also serves as an advisor to the European Union on issues
related to the economy, climate change, energy security, and
sustainable development.
For more information about the lecture, please call
706-272-4469.
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