---
entity_slug: economic_system_resistance_factor
evaluator: null
evaluated_at: '2026-02-23T05:20:26.126772'
overall_score: 3.2
scores:
- name: definition_precision
  value: 3.0
  max_value: 5.0
  rationale: The definition captures a coherent concept about forces that resist economic
    change, but it's somewhat broad and umbrella-like, encompassing multiple distinct
    phenomena (institutional inertia, vested interests, cultural resistance) without
    clearly delineating their relationships or mechanisms.
- name: source_grounding
  value: 2.0
  max_value: 5.0
  rationale: While Smith does discuss the persistence of different economic systems,
    the specific concept of "resistance factors" as a unified analytical category
    appears to be an interpretive overlay rather than something Smith explicitly theorizes
    or systematically examines.
- name: domain_placement
  value: 4.0
  max_value: 5.0
  rationale: '"General Theory" is appropriate for this cross-cutting concept that
    would apply across different economic arrangements and systems rather than being
    specific to particular markets, institutions, or policy areas.'
- name: vsm_relevance
  value: 4.0
  max_value: 5.0
  rationale: This entity maps well to VSM System 2 (coordination/anti-oscillation)
    as resistance factors function to dampen or prevent systemic changes, maintaining
    stability and preventing oscillations between different economic arrangements.
- name: explanatory_value
  value: 3.0
  max_value: 5.0
  rationale: The concept has moderate explanatory value in helping understand why
    economic systems persist despite inefficiencies, but it remains somewhat descriptive
    rather than revealing specific causal mechanisms or structural relationships that
    drive such resistance.
---

# Evaluation: Economic System Resistance Factor

## definition_precision — 3.0 / 5.0

The definition captures a coherent concept about forces that resist economic change, but it's somewhat broad and umbrella-like, encompassing multiple distinct phenomena (institutional inertia, vested interests, cultural resistance) without clearly delineating their relationships or mechanisms.

## source_grounding — 2.0 / 5.0

While Smith does discuss the persistence of different economic systems, the specific concept of "resistance factors" as a unified analytical category appears to be an interpretive overlay rather than something Smith explicitly theorizes or systematically examines.

## domain_placement — 4.0 / 5.0

"General Theory" is appropriate for this cross-cutting concept that would apply across different economic arrangements and systems rather than being specific to particular markets, institutions, or policy areas.

## vsm_relevance — 4.0 / 5.0

This entity maps well to VSM System 2 (coordination/anti-oscillation) as resistance factors function to dampen or prevent systemic changes, maintaining stability and preventing oscillations between different economic arrangements.

## explanatory_value — 3.0 / 5.0

The concept has moderate explanatory value in helping understand why economic systems persist despite inefficiencies, but it remains somewhat descriptive rather than revealing specific causal mechanisms or structural relationships that drive such resistance.
