---
entity_slug: economic_system_resistance_factors
entity_type: Element
vsm_system: S4
type_rationale: Economic System Resistance Factors are persistent obstacles that exist
  as barriers to reform, functioning as stocks of impediments rather than processes
  or relationships themselves.
vsm_rationale: These factors operate primarily in the intelligence function by creating
  environmental constraints that must be scanned and understood before adaptive economic
  reforms can be successfully implemented.
classified_at: '2026-02-23T11:03:34.224544'
---

# Classification: Economic System Resistance Factors

## Entity Type

Element

## VSM System

S4

## Type Rationale

Economic System Resistance Factors are persistent obstacles that exist as barriers to reform, functioning as stocks of impediments rather than processes or relationships themselves.

## VSM Rationale

These factors operate primarily in the intelligence function by creating environmental constraints that must be scanned and understood before adaptive economic reforms can be successfully implemented.
