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The study reportedly finds persistent top-earner positions and many participants earning nothing, limiting mobility.

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

The study reportedly finds persistent top-earner positions and many participants earning nothing, limiting mobility.

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Attributed contributors: Martin Smith. “The study reportedly finds persistent top-earner positions and many participants earning nothing, limiting mobility..” Does Technology Reinforce or Mitigate Labor and Wealth Concentration in Platform Cooperatives. ECOSYSTEM Summit, Barcelona, 17 September 2026. Session time 4:11–4:52. https://cs-ecosystem.commonshare.workers.dev/evidence/E-f77ed2f2cca7

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The study reportedly finds persistent top-earner positions and many participants earning nothing, limiting mobility.

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

Proposed mechanism: Existing productive assets may sustain cumulative earnings.

Conditions: Ability to create and monetise assets varies.

Limit: Percentages, denominators and causal explanations not fully documented.

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