diminishing returns. occur when hiring new workers causes marginal product to decrease but still remain positive; total product is still increasing, but by not as much as when the previous worker was added.
'It sure almost destroyed the Golden Gate Bridge,' he said. The Tacoma Narrows Bridge in Washington - a suspension bridge whose designer also worked on the Golden Gate - had twisted and snapped in about 40 mph winds a little more than a decade earlier. That 1940 collapse was captured on film.
The Golden Gate Bridge did not fall or fail in any respect. However, the nearby Bay Bridge lost part of its upper deck during the Loma Prieta Earthquake on October 17, 1989. Sâ¦ince then, additional damage has occurred to the Bay Bridge during construction for the earthquake retrofit.