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.
A Human Touch. On Wednesday, Jackie Dean, who began working on the Golden Gate Bridge 18 years ago, will be one of more than two dozen toll collectors who will be replaced by a completely automated system. By Jim Wilson and Ashwin Seshagiri on Publish Date March 24, 2013. by Jim Wilson/The New York Times. Watch in Times Video Â».