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Joseph Tainter

07/15/2017 / By Ethan Huff

The law of diminishing returns and why complex societies are more vulnerable to collapse: An interview with Joseph Tainter

A sustainable society is only as secure as the strength and success of its problem-solving institutions. If and when these fail, society is toast, suggests Dr. Joseph Tainter, a professor at Utah State University and author of a riveting book on this subject, The Collapse of Complex Societies (which can be downloaded for free in […]

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