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# Systemic Stability
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# Definition
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The capacity of an economic system to maintain its essential functions and
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relationships while adapting to external changes and internal pressures,
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preventing collapse or severe dysfunction.
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## Source Chapter
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Book IV, Chapter 5
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## Context
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Smith's analysis of bounties and trade restrictions is fundamentally about
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maintaining systemic stability while avoiding the artificial instabilities
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created by government interventions in natural market processes.
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## Economic Domain
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General Theory
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