---
entity_slug: economic_system_innovation
evaluator: null
evaluated_at: '2026-02-23T05:17:21.877707'
overall_score: 2.6
scores:
- name: definition_precision
  value: 2.0
  max_value: 5.0
  rationale: The definition is overly broad and vague, essentially describing any
    change or improvement in economic systems without clear boundaries. It reads more
    like a general description of economic progress than a precise concept that can
    be operationalized or distinguished from related phenomena.
- 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 has no Chapter 0) and relies on vague references to Smith's "discussion
    of modern systems and their advantages." This appears to extrapolate far beyond
    what Smith actually discusses, imposing modern innovation terminology on 18th-century
    economic analysis.
- name: domain_placement
  value: 3.0
  max_value: 5.0
  rationale: '"General Theory" is appropriate given the broad, abstract nature of
    the concept, though the concept itself may be too diffuse to warrant its own entity.
    The domain placement correctly reflects that this doesn''t fit neatly into more
    specific economic categories like trade, production, or policy.'
- name: vsm_relevance
  value: 4.0
  max_value: 5.0
  rationale: This concept maps well to S4 (intelligence/environmental adaptation)
    as it describes how economic systems develop new approaches to adapt to changing
    conditions. The innovation aspect directly relates to the intelligence function's
    role in environmental scanning and system evolution.
- name: explanatory_value
  value: 2.0
  max_value: 5.0
  rationale: The entity provides little explanatory power beyond naming a general
    phenomenon of economic change. It doesn't illuminate specific mechanisms, causal
    relationships, or structural features that would help understand how economic
    systems actually function or evolve.
---

# Evaluation: Economic System Innovation

## definition_precision — 2.0 / 5.0

The definition is overly broad and vague, essentially describing any change or improvement in economic systems without clear boundaries. It reads more like a general description of economic progress than a precise concept that can be operationalized or distinguished from related phenomena.

## source_grounding — 2.0 / 5.0

The entity claims to derive from "Book IV, Chapter 0" (which doesn't exist - Book IV has no Chapter 0) and relies on vague references to Smith's "discussion of modern systems and their advantages." This appears to extrapolate far beyond what Smith actually discusses, imposing modern innovation terminology on 18th-century economic analysis.

## domain_placement — 3.0 / 5.0

"General Theory" is appropriate given the broad, abstract nature of the concept, though the concept itself may be too diffuse to warrant its own entity. The domain placement correctly reflects that this doesn't fit neatly into more specific economic categories like trade, production, or policy.

## vsm_relevance — 4.0 / 5.0

This concept maps well to S4 (intelligence/environmental adaptation) as it describes how economic systems develop new approaches to adapt to changing conditions. The innovation aspect directly relates to the intelligence function's role in environmental scanning and system evolution.

## explanatory_value — 2.0 / 5.0

The entity provides little explanatory power beyond naming a general phenomenon of economic change. It doesn't illuminate specific mechanisms, causal relationships, or structural features that would help understand how economic systems actually function or evolve.
