Jeremy Rifkin , the founder and president of the Foundation on Economic Trends , is an American economist, writer, and public speaker. He is an activist who seeks to shape public policy in the United States and globally.

He has testified before numerous congressional committees and has engaged in litigation extensively to ensure "responsible" government policies on a variety of environmental, scientific and technology related issues. Since 1994, Rifkin has been a fellow at the Wharton School's Executive Education Program, lecturing CEOs and senior corporate management from around the world on new trends in science and technology.