---
entity_slug: economic_system_coordination
evaluator: null
evaluated_at: '2026-02-23T05:14:18.625440'
overall_score: 2.6
scores:
- name: definition_precision
  value: 2.0
  max_value: 5.0
  rationale: The definition is quite vague and circular, using terms like "management
    and alignment" and "synchronization" without clearly distinguishing this concept
    from general economic organization. It reads more like a generic description of
    coordination rather than a precise analytical concept.
- name: source_grounding
  value: 2.0
  max_value: 5.0
  rationale: The entity claims to derive from "Book IV, Chapter 0" which doesn't exist
    (Book IV begins with Chapter 1), and the context statement only vaguely asserts
    that Smith's framework "implies" coordination without citing specific textual
    evidence. This appears to impose modern coordination theory onto Smith rather
    than extracting it from his actual arguments.
- name: domain_placement
  value: 3.0
  max_value: 5.0
  rationale: '"General Theory" is appropriate given the broad, abstract nature of
    this concept, though the entity is so vague it could arguably fit in multiple
    domains. The placement isn''t wrong but reflects the entity''s lack of specificity
    rather than clear conceptual boundaries.'
- name: vsm_relevance
  value: 4.0
  max_value: 5.0
  rationale: This entity maps clearly to VSM System 2 (coordination/anti-oscillation),
    which is specifically concerned with managing interactions between operational
    units and preventing conflicts. The concept of "alignment of different elements"
    and "synchronization" directly corresponds to S2 functions.
- name: explanatory_value
  value: 2.0
  max_value: 5.0
  rationale: The entity provides little explanatory power beyond naming a general
    phenomenon that most economic theories acknowledge. It doesn't illuminate specific
    mechanisms of coordination that Smith identified or explain how coordination actually
    occurs in his system.
---

# Evaluation: Economic System Coordination

## definition_precision — 2.0 / 5.0

The definition is quite vague and circular, using terms like "management and alignment" and "synchronization" without clearly distinguishing this concept from general economic organization. It reads more like a generic description of coordination rather than a precise analytical concept.

## source_grounding — 2.0 / 5.0

The entity claims to derive from "Book IV, Chapter 0" which doesn't exist (Book IV begins with Chapter 1), and the context statement only vaguely asserts that Smith's framework "implies" coordination without citing specific textual evidence. This appears to impose modern coordination theory onto Smith rather than extracting it from his actual arguments.

## domain_placement — 3.0 / 5.0

"General Theory" is appropriate given the broad, abstract nature of this concept, though the entity is so vague it could arguably fit in multiple domains. The placement isn't wrong but reflects the entity's lack of specificity rather than clear conceptual boundaries.

## vsm_relevance — 4.0 / 5.0

This entity maps clearly to VSM System 2 (coordination/anti-oscillation), which is specifically concerned with managing interactions between operational units and preventing conflicts. The concept of "alignment of different elements" and "synchronization" directly corresponds to S2 functions.

## explanatory_value — 2.0 / 5.0

The entity provides little explanatory power beyond naming a general phenomenon that most economic theories acknowledge. It doesn't illuminate specific mechanisms of coordination that Smith identified or explain how coordination actually occurs in his system.
