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Taxi medallion debt and platform entry are described as undermining drivers’ expected livelihood assets.

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Martin SmithCo-Founder & CEO; Partner, The Ownership Economy · CommonShareLinkedIn ↗

Taxi medallion debt and platform entry are described as undermining drivers’ expected livelihood assets.

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Attributed contributors: Martin Smith. “Taxi medallion debt and platform entry are described as undermining drivers’ expected livelihood assets..” Setting the day. ECOSYSTEM Summit, Barcelona, 17 September 2026. Session time 2:09–2:52. https://cs-ecosystem.commonshare.workers.dev/evidence/E-4f671383c43c

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Taxi medallion debt and platform entry are described as undermining drivers’ expected livelihood assets.

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Martin SmithCo-Founder & CEO; Partner, The Ownership Economy · CommonShareLinkedIn ↗

Proposed mechanism: Debt persists as platform competition reduces revenues and asset values.

Limit: Historical causal account not independently checked.

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