# kaal:claim:6607458-015

**Claim.** Contrary to the Hayekian account in which price is the summary statistic that coordinates dispersed knowledge, the coordinating signal in Computative Economics is not a single scalar price but a composite of price, reputation, and verified generative capacity.

**Type.** failure  **Support.** argued

**Holds when.**

- applies where outputs are drawn from a generative distribution whose quality price does not convey

**Source quote.**

> Hayekian price operates as a summary statistic. The coordinating signal in Computative Economics is not a single scalar price but the composite of price, reputation, and verified generative capacity.

**From.** Wulf A. Kaal, *Computative Economics A Framework for Economic Analysis under Computational Abundance* (2026), IV.D. Relation to Hayekian Knowledge, page 13

**Cite as.** Wulf A. Kaal, Computative Economics A Framework for Economic Analysis under Computational Abundance (2026). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=6607458

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**Failure mode.** Price Signal Insufficiency  (family: research-design-limitation)

**Topics.** economics, reputation, citation-and-knowledge, institutional-design

**Keywords.** hayek, price-signal, reputation, dispersed-knowledge, coordination

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