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The Rifkin view: 'Glocalisation' is the new globalisation

Video. The Rifkin view: 'Glocalisation' is the new globalisation

Updated: 24/09/2018 - 12:10 GMT+2

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Third industrial revolution pundit and President of Foundation on Economic Trends (FOET), Jeremy Rifkin firmly believes technologies are never neutral and technological infrastructures through history have never been neutral. They always come at a price.

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