---
entity_slug: market_integration_barriers
entity_type: Element
vsm_system: S2
type_rationale: Market Integration Barriers are persistent obstacles (natural, political,
  and infrastructural) that exist as concrete impediments in the economic landscape,
  making them stocks or artifacts that persist rather than processes or relationships.
vsm_rationale: These barriers fundamentally disrupt the coordination function by preventing
  price signals and market information from flowing freely between different geographic
  markets, thereby impeding the anti-oscillation mechanisms that would otherwise integrate
  separate markets into a unified system.
classified_at: '2026-02-23T11:13:12.608873'
---

# Classification: Market Integration Barriers

## Entity Type

Element

## VSM System

S2

## Type Rationale

Market Integration Barriers are persistent obstacles (natural, political, and infrastructural) that exist as concrete impediments in the economic landscape, making them stocks or artifacts that persist rather than processes or relationships.

## VSM Rationale

These barriers fundamentally disrupt the coordination function by preventing price signals and market information from flowing freely between different geographic markets, thereby impeding the anti-oscillation mechanisms that would otherwise integrate separate markets into a unified system.
