It is here that you will find the depiction of the churning of the Ocean of Milk: Various deities taking part in what at first appears to be tug-of-war, but is in fact a search for a potion that will confer eternal life, a process that involves churning the sea with the help of an enormous snake.

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Jane Jacobs envisioned this transformative churning in her landmark book The Economy of Cities--a process in which the poor, making the best of their circumstances, create substitutes for expensive imports and eventually develop superior products for export.

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