Overall health, as shown by seven indicators in teeth and bones, plummeted to an all - time low in the 14th century, according to a study of 17,250 individuals from 100 locations in Europe by Ohio
State economic historian Richard Steckel, Larsen, and their colleagues in the Global History of Health Project (Science, 1 May 2009, p. 588).
«Orthodox
economic historians have long complained about the «great depression» that is supposed to have struck the United
States in the panic of 1873 and lasted for an unprecedented six years, until 1879.
The
economic historian, William Fischel, carefully documents how the development and spread of high school education in the United
States was driven by localities seeking to compete for residents demanding a more rigorous education.