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Buying and Selling: How Trading Shapes Our World

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Students see some of the effects of their consumer choices - and in the process, build a deeper understanding of market economies. When a consumer buys a T-shirt, a car, or a cup of coffee, they send messages to a complex web of people all over the world. The marketplace of buying and selling is far more than a convenient way to get the stuff consumers crave - it shapes personal freedom and drives material progress.

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Runtime: 24 minutes 4 seconds

Topic: Business, Social Science
Subtopic: Consumer Education, Economics, Globalism, Industry
Grade/Interest Level: 7 - 12
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Release Year: 2008
Producer/Distributor: Learning Seed Company
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