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# Colony Economic System Governance

## Definition

The institutional arrangements and decision-making processes that regulate
colonial economic activity, including both formal governmental structures and
informal market mechanisms.

## Source Chapter

Book V, Chapter 3

## Context

Smith examines the governance of colonial economic systems, arguing that
excessive central control often undermines the natural market mechanisms that
would otherwise promote efficient development.

## Economic Domain

Regulation

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