---
entity_slug: extraordinary_expense
evaluator: null
evaluated_at: '2026-02-23T05:26:30.143198'
overall_score: 4.0
scores:
- name: definition_precision
  value: 4.0
  max_value: 5.0
  rationale: The definition clearly distinguishes extraordinary expenses from normal
    operating costs and provides specific examples (bounties, subsidies). It captures
    a distinct fiscal concept rather than being vague or circular.
- name: source_grounding
  value: 5.0
  max_value: 5.0
  rationale: This entity is directly grounded in Smith's analysis in Book IV, Chapter
    5, where he explicitly discusses the extraordinary expenses of bounties and their
    broader economic costs. The definition accurately reflects Smith's treatment of
    this concept.
- name: domain_placement
  value: 3.0
  max_value: 5.0
  rationale: While "Distribution" captures the allocative effects Smith discusses,
    this concept might be better placed in "Public Finance" or "Government" since
    it primarily concerns fiscal policy and government expenditure patterns rather
    than market distribution mechanisms per se.
- name: vsm_relevance
  value: 4.0
  max_value: 5.0
  rationale: This entity maps well to S3 (internal regulation) as government expenditure
    control and S4 (intelligence/adaptation) as policy responses to economic conditions.
    It represents concrete regulatory and adaptive mechanisms within the economic
    system.
- name: explanatory_value
  value: 4.0
  max_value: 5.0
  rationale: "The entity illuminates Smith's key insight about the dual costs of government\
    \ intervention\u2014direct fiscal burden plus indirect market distortions. It\
    \ reveals the structural mechanism by which seemingly small government expenses\
    \ create larger systemic effects."
---

# Evaluation: Extraordinary Expense

## definition_precision — 4.0 / 5.0

The definition clearly distinguishes extraordinary expenses from normal operating costs and provides specific examples (bounties, subsidies). It captures a distinct fiscal concept rather than being vague or circular.

## source_grounding — 5.0 / 5.0

This entity is directly grounded in Smith's analysis in Book IV, Chapter 5, where he explicitly discusses the extraordinary expenses of bounties and their broader economic costs. The definition accurately reflects Smith's treatment of this concept.

## domain_placement — 3.0 / 5.0

While "Distribution" captures the allocative effects Smith discusses, this concept might be better placed in "Public Finance" or "Government" since it primarily concerns fiscal policy and government expenditure patterns rather than market distribution mechanisms per se.

## vsm_relevance — 4.0 / 5.0

This entity maps well to S3 (internal regulation) as government expenditure control and S4 (intelligence/adaptation) as policy responses to economic conditions. It represents concrete regulatory and adaptive mechanisms within the economic system.

## explanatory_value — 4.0 / 5.0

The entity illuminates Smith's key insight about the dual costs of government intervention—direct fiscal burden plus indirect market distortions. It reveals the structural mechanism by which seemingly small government expenses create larger systemic effects.
