Macroeconomics: Principles, Problems, & Policies 20th Edition

Published by McGraw-Hill Education
ISBN 10: 0-07766-077-3
ISBN 13: 978-0-07766-077-2

Chapter 2 - The Market System and the Circular Flow - Discussion Questions - Page 49: 8

Answer

Creative destruction is the term used to describe the process of destroying older firms and their products and older ways of doing business by the creation of new products and production methods.

Work Step by Step

In case of the MP3 technology example, the emergence of Compact discs knocked the long-play vinyl records out of business and subsequent inventions such as Digital Media players and MP3 players demolished the usage of compact disks. This is a result of the process of creative destruction.
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