---
entity_slug: economic_system_consequence
evaluator: null
evaluated_at: '2026-02-23T05:14:00.285904'
overall_score: 2.2
scores:
- name: definition_precision
  value: 2.0
  max_value: 5.0
  rationale: The definition is overly broad and umbrella-like, encompassing "outcomes
    and results" across multiple domains (wealth, distribution, social organization)
    without clear boundaries. It reads more like a general category than a precise
    concept that could be operationally distinguished from related phenomena.
- name: source_grounding
  value: 2.0
  max_value: 5.0
  rationale: While Smith does analyze consequences of different economic systems,
    this entity appears to abstract away from his specific discussions into a generic
    meta-concept. The attribution to "Book IV, Chapter 0" is suspicious since Chapter
    0 typically doesn't exist, and the definition doesn't reflect Smith's particular
    analytical framework.
- name: domain_placement
  value: 3.0
  max_value: 5.0
  rationale: '"General Theory" is appropriate given the broad, abstract nature of
    this concept, though the entity might be better placed in a more specific domain
    related to comparative systems analysis. The current placement accurately reflects
    its high level of generality.'
- name: vsm_relevance
  value: 2.0
  max_value: 5.0
  rationale: This entity is too abstract and outcome-focused to map naturally to any
    specific VSM system, as it describes results rather than organizational functions
    or processes. It lacks the structural specificity needed for meaningful VSM integration.
- name: explanatory_value
  value: 2.0
  max_value: 5.0
  rationale: The entity merely names a surface phenomenon (that economic systems have
    consequences) without illuminating specific mechanisms or structural relations
    that Smith identifies. It adds little explanatory power beyond stating the obvious
    fact that systems produce outcomes.
---

# Evaluation: Economic System Consequence

## definition_precision — 2.0 / 5.0

The definition is overly broad and umbrella-like, encompassing "outcomes and results" across multiple domains (wealth, distribution, social organization) without clear boundaries. It reads more like a general category than a precise concept that could be operationally distinguished from related phenomena.

## source_grounding — 2.0 / 5.0

While Smith does analyze consequences of different economic systems, this entity appears to abstract away from his specific discussions into a generic meta-concept. The attribution to "Book IV, Chapter 0" is suspicious since Chapter 0 typically doesn't exist, and the definition doesn't reflect Smith's particular analytical framework.

## domain_placement — 3.0 / 5.0

"General Theory" is appropriate given the broad, abstract nature of this concept, though the entity might be better placed in a more specific domain related to comparative systems analysis. The current placement accurately reflects its high level of generality.

## vsm_relevance — 2.0 / 5.0

This entity is too abstract and outcome-focused to map naturally to any specific VSM system, as it describes results rather than organizational functions or processes. It lacks the structural specificity needed for meaningful VSM integration.

## explanatory_value — 2.0 / 5.0

The entity merely names a surface phenomenon (that economic systems have consequences) without illuminating specific mechanisms or structural relations that Smith identifies. It adds little explanatory power beyond stating the obvious fact that systems produce outcomes.
