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Quotes from Jeremy Rifkin

if information goods are to be distributed at their marginal cost of production—zero—they cannot be created and produced by entrepreneurial firms that use revenues obtained from sales to consumers to cover their [fixed set-up] costs. If
~ Jeremy Rifkin
The industry's not stupid. The industry knows that if those foods are labeled 'genetically engineered', the public will shy away and won't take them.
~ Jeremy Rifkin
Basic income is not a utopia, it's a practical business plan for the next step of the human journey.
~ Jeremy Rifkin
Here we are 17 years later. Those agencies never did come through.
~ Jeremy Rifkin
Turning points in human consciousness occur when new energy regimes converge with new communications revolutions, creating new economic eras.
~ Jeremy Rifkin
The 10 largest antitrust law firms in the United States have gone into the federal courts charging Monsanto with creating a global conspiracy in violation of the antitrust laws, to control the global market in seeds.
~ Jeremy Rifkin
They're now turning those seeds into intellectual property, so they have a virtual lock on the seeds upon which we all depend for our food and survival.
~ Jeremy Rifkin
The American public is not aware that there might be potential allergenic and toxic reactions. With regular food, at least people know which foods they have an allergy to.
~ Jeremy Rifkin
We are already producing enough food to feed the world. We already have technology in place that allows us to produce more than we can find a market for.
~ Jeremy Rifkin