# kaal:claim:6607458-019

**Claim.** As computative systems substitute for cognitive labor across expanding domains, the scarcity assumption on which wage theory rests fails across a widening frontier, and the substitution is qualitative as well as quantitative.

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

**Holds when.**

- applies across domains where cognitive production is computationally substitutable

**Source quote.**

> As computative systems substitute for cognitive labor across expanding domains, the scarcity assumption on which wage theory rests fails across a widening frontier. The substitution is not merely quantitative.

**From.** Wulf A. Kaal, *Computative Economics A Framework for Economic Analysis under Computational Abundance* (2026), V. Three Dissolution Mechanisms, page 15

**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.** Wage Theory Foundation Failure  (family: human-judgment-displacement)

**Topics.** economics

**Keywords.** cognitive-labor-substitution, wage-theory, human-capital, scarcity-assumption

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