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# Forced Corn Trade

## Definition

The export of corn made artificially profitable through government bounties,
creating a trade that would not occur naturally in the market and that
requires public subsidy to sustain.

## Source Chapter

Book IV, Chapter 5

## Context

Smith uses the corn bounty as a primary example of how forced trade, while
appearing beneficial through higher export values, actually imposes hidden
costs on society through capital consumption and market distortion.

## Economic Domain

Exchange

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