Examines the evolution of the debate on deindustrialization in Italy since its first appearance in the 1980s up to the present day. Dramatic alarms alternate with long silences in a framework, both national and international, in which the most important economic organizations are struggling, apparently without success, to find a common definition of deindustrialization.
Keywords: Deindustrializzazione, Declino economico, Cultura economica, Classi dirigenti italiane, Società italiana