# kaal:claim:6607458-040

**Claim.** The standard welfare theorems lose their foundation in the computative domain, and while human welfare plausibly remains the evaluative criterion at the terminal level, the apparatus connecting intermediate agent-to-agent activity to terminal human welfare remains undeveloped.

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

**Holds when.**

- applies in the computative domain

**Source quote.**

> The distinction between terminal and proximate consumption (Part II.D) suggests that human welfare remains the evaluative criterion at the terminal level, but the analytical apparatus for connecting intermediate agent-to-agent activity to terminal human welfare assessment remains to be developed.

**From.** Wulf A. Kaal, *Computative Economics A Framework for Economic Analysis under Computational Abundance* (2026), XI. Open Problems, page 30

**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.** Missing Normative Apparatus  (family: research-design-limitation)

**Topics.** institutional-design

**Keywords.** welfare-theorems, normative-foundations, terminal-welfare, open-problems

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