What the humble turnip can teach us about economic growth

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By Nathanael JohnsonDec 15, 2016, 7:07 am124 ptsTrending
Part of a series on tackling global poverty while protecting the environment. Read today’s main installment. Remember how the turnip triggered the Industrial Revolution and lifted millions out of poverty? In England, in the early 1700s, fields were increasingly “plow sick” — they had exhausted their…

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