Natural Resources and the Economy

Mission Brief #43

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Trade-offs everywhere — find them.

⚡ The twist

Money is just a story everyone agrees to believe.

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Natural resources — water, timber, minerals, oil — are raw materials economies depend on. Countries with abundant resources often build industries around extracting them.

Key facts

Remember these

1Supply and demand affect prices.
2Trade connects people globally.
3Every choice has an opportunity cost.

Then & Now

💱 This is happening in your local store every single day.

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What are goods?

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Question 2 of 2

What is trade?

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