Imports and Exports

Mission Brief #42

🎯 Your mission

Trade-offs everywhere — find them.

⚡ The twist

Cheap for you usually means expensive for someone else.

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Imports are goods brought into a country; exports go out. The U.S. imports electronics from Asia and exports agricultural products worldwide.

Key facts

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Then & Now

💱 Every receipt you've ever seen has this idea inside it.

Question 1 of 2

What happens when demand is high and supply is low?

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Question 2 of 2

What are goods?

How sure?😐 maybe

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🌍 Why this still matters: The next time you spend $1, ask: who else benefited besides you?

🏆 Try this week: Track every dollar you spend or get this week. Then figure out the pattern.

👨‍👩‍👧 At dinner: “If you had $20 to start a business, what would you sell?”

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