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# Economic System Innovation Driver

## Definition

The factors and forces that motivate and enable the development of new approaches and improvements in economic arrangements, including technological change, new understanding, changing circumstances, and the pursuit of better outcomes.

## Source Chapter

Book IV, Chapter 0

## Context

Smith's discussion of modern systems and their advantages implies the importance of innovation drivers in economic arrangements and their role in advancing economic development.

## Economic Domain

General Theory

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