Contrarily to the notion of a natural tendency of deindustrialization, this paper, documenting the existence of a … variety of patterns of deindustrialization, performs a cross-country, long-term analysis. Looking at industrial sectors and … process of deindustrialization with Science Based and Specialised Suppliers not presenting any inverted U-shaped pattern …

, deindustrialization is shown to be a natural and unavoidable consequence of increases in the wealth of nations …