The "Stunning Success" of the Green Revolution Is Yet Another Progressive Myth

The “Stunning Success” of the Green Revolution Is Yet Another Progressive Myth

Tags: Economic Policy, Progressivism, Socialism

09/28/2022 Kristoffer Mousten Hansen

An enduring progressive myth is that thanks to Western technologies and compassionate NGOs, American agricultural scientists saved the developing world via the Green Revolution. Not surprisingly, the truth is found elsewhere.

Original Article: “The “Stunning Success” of the Green Revolution Is Yet Another Progressive Myth”

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