We demonstrate that theories Z−, ZF−, ZFC− (minus means the absence of the Power Set axiom) and PA2 , PA−2 (minus means the absence of the Countable Choice schema) are equiconsistent to each other. The methods used include the interpretation of a power-less set theory in PA−2 via well-founded trees, as well as the Gödel constructibility in said power-less set theory.
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