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In his new book, the zero marginal cost society campus, 2014, social theorist jeremy rifkin argues that capitalism is becoming a victim of its own success. Studies conducted around the world have shown a close correlation between materialist values, depression, and substance abuse. After all, sun, wind, hydro, and geothermal energy are free. In the current global debate over technology displacement, automation, and the decline of employment, rifkin is credited with being the first to raise the issue and lay the intellectual groundwork for both understanding the nature of the phenomenon and its far reaching implications for society. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading the zero marginal cost society. The point is, while economic stagnation measured in terms of gdp may be occurring for various reasons, the headlong rush to a near zero marginal cost society could account for part of the.
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