Yes, there is much more besides the change away from the gold standard in '71. For example, starting '73 congress got electronic voting; since then, becoming mo

Yes, there is much more besides the change away from the gold standard in '71. For example, starting '73 congress got electronic voting; since then, becoming more accountable to those who observe and influence them. With the 401k introduction in '78, retirement money was directed to the stock market, reshaping main street investment for decades. In '80, software became expressly copyrightable, opening the frontier of intellectual property. It's a history novel, not a single cause or effect. Our legal/business environment is under constant change, every year transforming the civil game that is our economy.