The Third Industrial Revolution: on the issue of definition

Abstract

The article examines the features of the Third Industrial Revolution. The need for a coordinate consideration of this concept, associated with a number of other phenomena that are similar in their content characteristics, determines the relevance of the article. The work shows that the Third Industrial Revolution has been unfolding essentially since the 1970s following the First Industrial Revolution (late 18th — early 19th centuries), the content of which was the transition from an agricultural economy to an industrial economy, as well as the Second Industrial Revolution (second half of the 19th century — early 20th century), based on the use of a new type electrical energy and conveyor production. The author shows the foundations of the third industrial revolution that are associated with network energy, "green economy" and examines the socio-economic consequences of the Third Industrial Revolution.