---
entity_slug: market_based_productivity_limits
entity_type: Relation
vsm_system: S1
type_rationale: Market-based productivity limits represent a structural dependency
  between market access and achievable productivity levels, functioning as a causal
  mechanism that constrains economic output rather than being a thing that exists
  independently.
vsm_rationale: These limits operate at the level of primary productive activities,
  directly constraining how agricultural labour, manufacturing, and trade can be organized
  and specialized within the fundamental operations of the economy.
classified_at: '2026-02-23T11:12:33.945631'
---

# Classification: Market Based Productivity Limits

## Entity Type

Relation

## VSM System

S1

## Type Rationale

Market-based productivity limits represent a structural dependency between market access and achievable productivity levels, functioning as a causal mechanism that constrains economic output rather than being a thing that exists independently.

## VSM Rationale

These limits operate at the level of primary productive activities, directly constraining how agricultural labour, manufacturing, and trade can be organized and specialized within the fundamental operations of the economy.
