---
entity_slug: bank_economic_resilience
evaluator: null
evaluated_at: '2026-02-23T00:39:56.037611'
overall_score: 3.2
scores:
- name: definition_precision
  value: 3.0
  max_value: 5.0
  rationale: The definition captures a coherent concept about banking system stability,
    but uses somewhat circular language ("resilient banking systems" in the definition
    of resilience). The core idea of withstanding economic shocks while maintaining
    functions is reasonably precise.
- name: source_grounding
  value: 2.0
  max_value: 5.0
  rationale: While Smith does discuss banking in Book II, Chapter 2, the modern concept
    of "economic resilience" and systematic analysis of banking systems' shock absorption
    capabilities is not clearly present in his 18th-century text. This appears to
    impose contemporary banking theory onto Smith's more basic observations about
    banks.
- name: domain_placement
  value: 4.0
  max_value: 5.0
  rationale: The "Regulation" domain assignment is appropriate since banking resilience
    is fundamentally about regulatory frameworks and institutional design that enable
    stability. This fits well within economic governance and oversight concepts.
- name: vsm_relevance
  value: 4.0
  max_value: 5.0
  rationale: This entity maps well to S3 (internal regulation/audit) as it concerns
    the regulatory mechanisms that maintain banking system stability, and potentially
    S2 (coordination/anti-oscillation) regarding system-wide stability mechanisms.
    It has clear VSM relevance for organizational viability.
- name: explanatory_value
  value: 3.0
  max_value: 5.0
  rationale: The concept does illuminate important structural relations about how
    banking systems maintain stability, but it remains somewhat abstract without specifying
    the particular mechanisms that create resilience. It names an important phenomenon
    but could be more mechanistically precise.
---

# Evaluation: Bank Economic Resilience

## definition_precision — 3.0 / 5.0

The definition captures a coherent concept about banking system stability, but uses somewhat circular language ("resilient banking systems" in the definition of resilience). The core idea of withstanding economic shocks while maintaining functions is reasonably precise.

## source_grounding — 2.0 / 5.0

While Smith does discuss banking in Book II, Chapter 2, the modern concept of "economic resilience" and systematic analysis of banking systems' shock absorption capabilities is not clearly present in his 18th-century text. This appears to impose contemporary banking theory onto Smith's more basic observations about banks.

## domain_placement — 4.0 / 5.0

The "Regulation" domain assignment is appropriate since banking resilience is fundamentally about regulatory frameworks and institutional design that enable stability. This fits well within economic governance and oversight concepts.

## vsm_relevance — 4.0 / 5.0

This entity maps well to S3 (internal regulation/audit) as it concerns the regulatory mechanisms that maintain banking system stability, and potentially S2 (coordination/anti-oscillation) regarding system-wide stability mechanisms. It has clear VSM relevance for organizational viability.

## explanatory_value — 3.0 / 5.0

The concept does illuminate important structural relations about how banking systems maintain stability, but it remains somewhat abstract without specifying the particular mechanisms that create resilience. It names an important phenomenon but could be more mechanistically precise.
