# kaal:claim:6421319-037

**Claim.** Incumbent institutions deploy decentralization neutralizers, defined as mechanisms that preserve institutional relevance by blocking technologies that threaten to replace them, yet institutional replacement is inexorable once technology enables superior coordination.

**Type.** mechanism  **Support.** argued

**Source quote.**

> Incumbent institutions deploy what I have termed "decentralization neutralizers," mechanisms that preserve institutional relevance by blocking technologies that threaten to replace them.

**From.** Wulf A. Kaal, *The Collapse of Scarcity Economics* (2026), IX.B. Professional Obsolescence and Institutional Resistance, page 34

**Cite as.** Wulf A. Kaal, The Collapse of Scarcity Economics (2026). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=6421319

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**Topics.** decentralization, institutional-design, innovation

**Keywords.** decentralization-neutralizers, institutional-resistance, incumbents, technology-adoption

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