But why was Leopold's Congo so horrific? It was down to rubber. 50 Things That Made the Modern Economy highlights the inventions, ideas and innovations that helped create the economic world.

Rubber tubing is used in flow lines for fluids and gases in a variety of hydraulic, pneumatic, process, medical, and specialty applications. Rubber tubing is flexible and resilient due to its natural ...

The plastic and rubber industries comprise the establishments that manufacture goods by processing plastic and rubber raw materials. The industry has had global success mainly due to the enormous ...

For more than 30 years Babu Joseph has been tending rubber trees on his small farm in the southern Indian state of Kerala. Kerala used to be home to thousands of producers like him, who made a ...