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<!-- generated: provider=openrouter model=arcee-ai/trinity-large-preview:free date=2026-02-19 source=book-4-introduction -->
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# Economic System Sustainability
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## Definition
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The capacity of economic arrangements to maintain their effectiveness and continue producing desired outcomes over extended periods without depleting resources or undermining the foundations that support their operation.
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## Source Chapter
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Book IV, Chapter 0
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## Context
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While not explicitly discussed by Smith in this chapter, the concept of sustainability is implied in his discussion of different systems and their ability to achieve long-term objectives of enriching both the people and the sovereign.
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## Economic Domain
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General Theory
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