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We need a game plan to deploy it very quickly to both move the economy forward and create the new businesses and jobs, and address climate change. It's a pretty big task. Pretty challenging.

Jeremy Rifkin

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Jeremy Rifkin
Age: 79
Born: 1945
Born: January 26
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