25 lines
583 B
Markdown
25 lines
583 B
Markdown
|
<!-- generated: provider=openrouter model=arcee-ai/trinity-large-preview:free date=2026-02-19 source=book-4-chapter-05 -->
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
# Sea-Sticks
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
## Definition
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
Herrings caught and cured at sea during fishing voyages, requiring additional
|
||
|
|
processing and salting before becoming merchantable for market sale.
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
## Source Chapter
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
Book IV, Chapter 5
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
## Context
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
Smith uses sea-sticks as an example in his critique of herring fishery bounties,
|
||
|
|
showing how government subsidies can distort natural market prices and
|
||
|
|
encourage inefficient production methods.
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
## Economic Domain
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
Production
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
---
|