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# Economic System Sustainability

## Definition

The capacity of economic arrangements to maintain their effectiveness and continue producing desired outcomes over extended periods without depleting resources or undermining the foundations that support their operation.

## Source Chapter

Book IV, Chapter 0

## Context

While not explicitly discussed by Smith in this chapter, the concept of sustainability is implied in his discussion of different systems and their ability to achieve long-term objectives of enriching both the people and the sovereign.

## Economic Domain

General Theory

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