In Economics
In economics, meta-systems are like what Bataille calls general economies as opposed to the restricted economies of systems.
A book about the difference between general and restricted economies is Complementarity by Arshad Naim. In this case "meta" is defined as what is beyond: the meta-system is what lies beyond the system.
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