Zero Marginal Cost Society
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CORE DEFINITION
A concept proposed by Jeremy Rifkin, referring to the trend that under the impetus of digitalization and automation technologies, the marginal cost of producing certain goods and services approaches zero, challenging traditional capitalist business models and giving rise to collaborative sharing models. Scaffolding role: future economic forecasting. It provides forward-looking analysis for understanding how technological progress reshapes economic models. In policy-making, it reminds policymakers to adapt to the zero marginal cost trend, support emerging economic models through institutional innovation, and address challenges to traditional employment and distribution models.
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Future economic forecasting. It provides forward-looking analysis for understanding how technological progress reshapes economic models. In policy-making, it reminds policymakers to adapt to the zero marginal cost trend, support emerging economic models through institutional innovation, and address challenges to traditional employment and distribution models.
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This is a socio-economic vision proposed by Jeremy Rifkin: the Internet of Things, collaborative sharing, and renewable energy drive the marginal cost of a large number of goods and services toward zero, giving rise to a new 'collaborative commons' economic model.
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