The European Dream: How Europe's Vision of the Future Is Quietly Eclipsing the American Dream

by Jeremy Rifkin

Overview

The national bestseller that shows how the American Dream is languishing, surpassed worldwide by a powerful alternative in the lifestyle of the new Europe.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781101118573
Publisher:	Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date:	08/18/2005
Sold by:	Penguin Group
Format:	NOOK Book
Pages:	448
File size:	522 KB
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

One of the most popular social thinkers of our time, Jeremy Rifkin is the bestselling author of The European Dream, The Hydrogen Economy, The Age of Access, The Biotech Century, and The End of Work. A fellow at the Wharton School's Executive Education Program, he is president of The Foundation on Economic Trends in Bethesda, MD.

Table of Contents

Preface.

Introduction.

New Lessons from the Old World.

1. The Slow Death of the American Dream.

2. The New Land of Opportunity.

3. The Quiet Economic Miracle.

The Making of the Modern Age.

4. Space, Time and Modernity.

5. Inventing the Ideology of Property.

6. Forging Capitalist Markets and Nation States.

The Coming Global Era.

7. Network Commence in a Globalized Economy.

8. The “United States” of Europe.

9. Government Without a Centre.

10. Romancing the Civil Society.

11. The Immigrant Dilemma.

12. Unity in Diversity.

13. Waging Peace.

14. A Second Enlightenment.

15. Universalizing the European Dream

Editorial Reviews

"The European Dream should be required reading on both sides of the Atlantic."

Andrew Moravcsik, Financial Times

"Jeremy Rifkin, whose European Dream compares the economic and cultural boasts of the United States against the statistical and European reality, is that rare phenomenon: a management guru on the left of US politics, who eschews jargon, questions assumptions and feels as comfortable in Europe as in the US. Rifkin's argument is so compelling because it uses simple facts and figures to challenge US claims of supremacy."

Mary Dejevsky, The Independent,

"Rifkin gives Europeans something to cheer us up and to which we should urgently aspire. "

Chris Patten, The Guardian

Occasionally, in history, an outside observer is best able to define the spirit of a people. In 1831, for example, the French political philosopher, Alexis de Tocqueville, visited a young America and wrote about his experiences in a book entitled Democracy in America. De Tocqueville helped Americans understand the American Dream and its importance for the world. Now, an American observer, Jeremy Rifkin, has written a book about the new European Dream which captures the very essence of the great experiment unfolding in Europe and its importance for a globalizing society. Europeans are in the midst of a profound debate about our vision of the future. Mr. Rifkin’s book mirrors the European soul, providing us a clear reflection of who we are, and what we stand for and aspire to in the new Europe. The European Dream is a thoughtful and inspiring work."

Romano Prodi, President of the European Commission

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