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# Economic System Standard

## Definition

The established norms, principles, and practices that define acceptable and effective economic arrangements, including the benchmarks and criteria against which different systems and their components are evaluated and compared.

## Source Chapter

Book IV, Chapter 0

## Context

Smith's framework for understanding political economy implies the importance of standards in economic arrangements and their role in guiding economic practice and evaluation.

## Economic Domain

General Theory

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