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   "text": "In Neoclassical analysis the action space is a parameter of the model and the agent is a chooser within it, whereas in Computative Economics the action space is an output of the agent and the agent is a generator over it; every operational difference between the two architectures follows from this parameter versus output distinction.",
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   "text": "The HDCA settlement loop is closed in the topological sense: every job exits as resolved-validated or resolved-rejected and the system returns to a structurally identical state with only reputation scalars updated, so the set of possible actions never changes.",
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