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# Economic System Adoption Factor

## Definition

The conditions, circumstances, and influences that determine whether and how economic arrangements are accepted and implemented within a society, including cultural, political, economic, and social factors that affect the adoption of new systems.

## Source Chapter

Book IV, Chapter 0

## Context

Smith's discussion of different systems in different contexts implies the importance of adoption factors in determining which economic arrangements are implemented and how successfully they are adopted.

## Economic Domain

General Theory

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