---
entity_slug: market_communication_channels
entity_type: Element
vsm_system: S2
type_rationale: Market Communication Channels are persistent infrastructure components
  (waterways, roads, political arrangements) that exist as tangible or institutional
  artifacts enabling commerce, rather than being processes or abstract principles
  themselves.
vsm_rationale: These channels primarily function as coordination mechanisms that enable
  price signals and market information to flow between producers and consumers, facilitating
  the anti-oscillatory coordination that S2 provides to economic systems.
classified_at: '2026-02-23T11:12:40.663766'
---

# Classification: Market Communication Channels

## Entity Type

Element

## VSM System

S2

## Type Rationale

Market Communication Channels are persistent infrastructure components (waterways, roads, political arrangements) that exist as tangible or institutional artifacts enabling commerce, rather than being processes or abstract principles themselves.

## VSM Rationale

These channels primarily function as coordination mechanisms that enable price signals and market information to flow between producers and consumers, facilitating the anti-oscillatory coordination that S2 provides to economic systems.
