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.
Given the chance for steady employment amid the Great Depression, the crew braved treacherous conditions as the roadway and towers took shape over the open ocean. Opened to the public in 1937, the Golden Gate Bridge has endured as an iconic landmark and a marvel of modern engineering.