A futurist of extraordinary vision and a man who embodies the term New Economy, Jeremy Rifkin doesn?t just illuminate the complexities of global trends, he helps to mold them. The National Journal named him one of the people who most influence the shaping of federal policy. His international best seller, The End of Work, helped spur the global debate on technology displacement, corporate downsizing and the future of the workplace. The Biotech Century: Harnessing the Gene and Remaking the World addressed the new era of genetic commerce and became the most-widely read book on the biotech revolution. His latest, The Age of Access, explores the society-shifting transition from geographic markets to e-commerce networks. Jeremy Rifkin has testified before numerous congressional committees and helped ensure responsible policies on the environment, science, and technology. A frequent guest on such opinion-shaping programs as Face the Nation, Nightline, and Larry King Live, he brings to his audiences a new understanding of domestic and global economies, the evolving power of e-commerce and biotechnology, and the ever-changing needs of the work force.