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Economic System Experience Accumulation
Definition
The gradual building of practical knowledge and understanding about economic arrangements through repeated application and observation, including the ways in which societies learn from their experiences with different systems and improve their economic practice over time.
Source Chapter
Book IV, Chapter 0
Context
Smith's discussion of different systems and their development implies the importance of experience accumulation in economic arrangements and its role in advancing economic understanding and practice.
Economic Domain
General Theory