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The stories of inventions, ideas and innovations which helped create the economic world

Tim Harford tells the fascinating stories of inventions, ideas and innovations which have helped create the economic world.

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50 Things That Made the Modern Economy: Rubber

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20/07/2019 GMT

BBC World Service - 50 Things That Made the Modern Economy, Rubber

Innovation, economics and bloodshed: the story of how rubber spread around the world.

Rubber is an everyday substance with a controversial past. Tim Harford tells the story of the innovations that made it a hot property, and the surge in demand that led to turmoil and bloodshed in an African colony.

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