# kaal:claim:5886442-010

**Claim.** Scarcity is not a parameter within the neoclassical model but the model's transcendental condition of possibility, the axiom that makes choice meaningful and economics possible as a distinct discipline.

**Type.** definitional  **Support.** argued

**Source quote.**

> In short, scarcity is not a parameter in the neoclassical model. Scarcity is the model's transcendental condition of possibility.

**From.** Wulf A. Kaal, *The AI-to-AI Economy and the Collapse of Anthropocentric Economic Theory* (2025), Neoclassical Economics and the Scarcity Postulate, page 11

**Cite as.** Wulf A. Kaal, The AI-to-AI Economy and the Collapse of Anthropocentric Economic Theory (2025). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=5886442

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**Topics.** economics

**Keywords.** scarcity, neoclassical-economics, robbins, economic-ontology

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