This article takes the first step in attempting to create a more accurate timeline of deindustrialization, whichis generally understood as a process that begins and proceeds through the 1970s. Iarguethat thisnarrative of deindustrialization, which is very much tied to 1970s events, should be...

A birth certificate establishes a child's legal identity and is the sole official proof of a child's age. However, quantitative estimates on the economic significance of birth registration are lacking. Birth registration laws were enacted by the majority of U.S. states in late 19th and early...

This paper demonstrates that the current economic crisis has its roots in the evolution of the global economy during the 1960s. The gradual increase of US debt from the 1960s accompanied by the deficit in the US trade balance due to international competition from EU, Japan, and later from China...