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# Colony Economic System Sustainability
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## Definition
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The capacity of colonial economic arrangements to maintain long-term prosperity
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without depleting resources or creating conditions that undermine future growth,
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including environmental, social, and economic sustainability.
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## Source Chapter
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Book V, Chapter 3
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## Context
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Smith considers the sustainability of various colonial economic systems, arguing
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that those based on free trade and natural development are more likely to be
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sustainable than those based on extractive or monopolistic practices.
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## Economic Domain
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Accumulation
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