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00:21:48 · John Edmond, David Kestenbaum
[00:21:48] S3: You'll make... You'll you'll try and experiment and you'll say, holy crap. We just got more light out of this thing by using this contact material or flipping the chip over. [00:21:58] S5: Jacob, when we talk about economic growth every year, you know, when we say the economy grew a couple percent, That happens because every day out there, someone, somewhere, in some corner of the economy has figured out how to do something a little bit better or a little bit faster or a little less expensively. And this process has gone on year after year for hundreds of years now. And one question I always have when I think about this is like... And not just with light, but this whole story of constant economic growth, constant productivity improvement. My question is, is it gonna go on forever? Or at some point, we're gonna run out of ways to make things better? [00:22:32] S3: We might we might double from where we are now, but we're not gonna be triple and quadrupling it because there are physical limits. I mean, will a car go a million miles an hour? No. It just won't. It just... It's not gonna happen. [00:22:45] S5: For the light bulb at least, John says, we may actually be near the end.
00:22:45 · David Kestenbaum, Jacob Goldstein
[00:22:45] S5: For the light bulb at least, John says, we may actually be near the end. [00:22:50] S1: That episode was from 2014. Today, I host a podcast called Business History. It's a show about the history of business. If you like Planet Money, I think you'd like business history. We recently did an episode on the banana business in the early twentieth century. It's got capitalism and imperialism and communism. It's got all of the isms, and it's got bananas. The show is called Business History. Check it out. Also, please sign up for the Planet Money newsletter. Every week, the newsletter takes an issue in the news or your life and finds the economics behind it. This past week, newsletter writer Greg looked at California's proposed wealth tax. He reviewed the arguments over whether the tax would generate money for the state or chase it away. Sign up at npr.org/planetmoneynewsletter. That's npr.org/planetmoneynewsletter, or just click the link in the show notes. This episode was originally produced by Caitlin Kenney and Damiano Marchetti. I'm Jacob Goldstein. This is NPR. Thanks for listening.
00:22:50 · Jacob Goldstein, S6
[00:22:50] S1: That episode was from 2014. Today, I host a podcast called Business History. It's a show about the history of business. If you like Planet Money, I think you'd like business history. We recently did an episode on the banana business in the early twentieth century. It's got capitalism and imperialism and communism. It's got all of the isms, and it's got bananas. The show is called Business History. Check it out. Also, please sign up for the Planet Money newsletter. Every week, the newsletter takes an issue in the news or your life and finds the economics behind it. This past week, newsletter writer Greg looked at California's proposed wealth tax. He reviewed the arguments over whether the tax would generate money for the state or chase it away. Sign up at npr.org/planetmoneynewsletter. That's npr.org/planetmoneynewsletter, or just click the link in the show notes. This episode was originally produced by Caitlin Kenney and Damiano Marchetti. I'm Jacob Goldstein. This is NPR. Thanks for listening. [00:23:58] S6: Stay tuned for the following announcements and messages from our sponsors. This message comes from Bombas. Still looking for the perfect gift? How about something soft? Something plush? Fluffy? Maybe something sporty? How about cushy or grippy? Definitely something cozy. This holiday season, Bombas has something for everyone on your list, making the best version of your everyday go tos. Socks, slippers, shoes, and more. Visit bombas.com/npr and use code NPR for 20% off your first purchase.
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