Trade and Barter

Mission Brief #9

🎯 Your mission

Spot the cost behind the price.

⚡ The twist

Cheap for you usually means expensive for someone else.

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Trade is exchanging goods and services. No person, community, or country can produce everything they need, so trade allows everyone to benefit from specialization.

Key facts

Remember these

1Money is a medium of exchange.
2Needs are different from wants.
3Supply and demand affect prices.

Then & Now

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

Question 1 of 2

What is trade?

How sure?😐 maybe

Question 2 of 2

What is an opportunity cost?

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: Find two products that look similar but cost very different. Why?

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