Bratislava, 11/07/2016 (Agence Europe) - On Saturday 9 July, the US economist and sociologist, Jeremy Rifkin was the guest speaker at the 7th Summit of the Regions and Cities. He argued that the third Industrial Revolution is essentially horizontal and decentralised and would, in this sense, primarily be built much more at a grassroots level by the local and regional authorities.
He believes that contrary to the second Industrial Revolution, characterised by a guiding centralised policy,...