---
entity_slug: rent_of_land
evaluator: null
evaluated_at: '2026-02-23T06:17:17.689056'
overall_score: 4.0
scores:
- name: definition_precision
  value: 4.0
  max_value: 5.0
  rationale: The definition clearly distinguishes rent as compensation for land use
    and natural resources, differentiating it from wages and profits. It captures
    the specific economic concept of land rent without circularity, though it could
    be slightly more precise about what constitutes "natural produce."
- name: source_grounding
  value: 5.0
  max_value: 5.0
  rationale: This entity is directly grounded in Book I, Chapter 6 where Smith explicitly
    introduces rent as the third component of price alongside wages and profits. The
    definition accurately reflects Smith's discussion of how landlords demand payment
    for natural produce and exclusive land rights.
- name: domain_placement
  value: 5.0
  max_value: 5.0
  rationale: '"Distribution" is the correct domain placement, as rent of land represents
    one of the three fundamental ways that value is distributed among different classes
    (landlords, workers, capitalists). This aligns perfectly with classical economic
    theory''s treatment of factor payments.'
- name: vsm_relevance
  value: 2.0
  max_value: 5.0
  rationale: Rent of land is primarily a distributional outcome rather than a system
    function, making it largely VSM-neutral. While it might tangentially relate to
    S1 as part of operational economics, it doesn't naturally map to any specific
    VSM system's regulatory or control functions.
- name: explanatory_value
  value: 4.0
  max_value: 5.0
  rationale: This entity provides significant explanatory power by identifying a fundamental
    mechanism of value distribution in market economies. It illuminates the structural
    relationship between property ownership and price formation, though it describes
    a distributional outcome rather than a dynamic process.
---

# Evaluation: Rent Of Land

## definition_precision — 4.0 / 5.0

The definition clearly distinguishes rent as compensation for land use and natural resources, differentiating it from wages and profits. It captures the specific economic concept of land rent without circularity, though it could be slightly more precise about what constitutes "natural produce."

## source_grounding — 5.0 / 5.0

This entity is directly grounded in Book I, Chapter 6 where Smith explicitly introduces rent as the third component of price alongside wages and profits. The definition accurately reflects Smith's discussion of how landlords demand payment for natural produce and exclusive land rights.

## domain_placement — 5.0 / 5.0

"Distribution" is the correct domain placement, as rent of land represents one of the three fundamental ways that value is distributed among different classes (landlords, workers, capitalists). This aligns perfectly with classical economic theory's treatment of factor payments.

## vsm_relevance — 2.0 / 5.0

Rent of land is primarily a distributional outcome rather than a system function, making it largely VSM-neutral. While it might tangentially relate to S1 as part of operational economics, it doesn't naturally map to any specific VSM system's regulatory or control functions.

## explanatory_value — 4.0 / 5.0

This entity provides significant explanatory power by identifying a fundamental mechanism of value distribution in market economies. It illuminates the structural relationship between property ownership and price formation, though it describes a distributional outcome rather than a dynamic process.
