dear friends, this is an extraordinary thesis, which I believe Jose Ramos alerted me to. ostentably an attempt to situate and critique Rifkin, in the context of the macro-historical tradition, it is much more than that .. it's an extended treatment of the possiblity for a post-capitalist transition: here it is: http://research.usc.edu.au/vital/access/services/Download/usc:20301/SOURCE1?... I have selected excerpts here at https://wiki.p2pfoundation.net/Making_Sense_of_Rifkin%27s_Third_Industrial_R... -- Check out the Commons Transition Plan here at: http://commonstransition.org P2P Foundation: http://p2pfoundation.net - http://blog.p2pfoundation.net <http://lists.ourproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/p2p-foundation>Updates: http://twitter.com/mbauwens; http://www.facebook.com/mbauwens #82 on the (En)Rich list: http://enrichlist.org/the-complete-list/