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:

I have selected excerpts here at https://wiki.p2pfoundation.net/Making_Sense_of_Rifkin%27s_Third_Industrial_Revolution