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Public ownership information is argued to help citizens understand procurement, tax and concentrated power.

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Public ownership information is argued to help citizens understand procurement, tax and concentrated power.

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Attributed contributors: Thom Townsend. “Public ownership information is argued to help citizens understand procurement, tax and concentrated power..” Ownership as a Primitive for Development: Transparency vs. Privacy and the Future of Trusted Value Chains. ECOSYSTEM Summit, Barcelona, 17 September 2026. Session time 19:31–20:30. https://cs-ecosystem.commonshare.workers.dev/evidence/E-dbe0e2c94434

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Public ownership information is argued to help citizens understand procurement, tax and concentrated power.

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Thom TownsendExecutive Director · Open OwnershipLinkedIn ↗

Proposed mechanism: Make control and economic relationships intelligible for scrutiny.

Limit: Potential uses do not establish all resulting benefits.

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