# Centralized ownership

`kaal:entity:centralized-ownership`

**Status.** derived

This node is assembled mechanically from the 2 claims that carry the concept tag `centralized-ownership`. It is a roster of what the corpus says under this term. It is **not** an adjudicated definition: no single statement here has been ruled canonical, and no first-appearance call has been made. Read the claims and judge for yourself.

## Every claim under this term

2 claims across 1 works, 2021 to 2021.

**2021**

- [3782198-005](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3782198-005) [condition/argued] -- Social networks grow exponentially more powerful through the network effect, but they are stifled by the centralized ownership and governance of the Web 2.0 companies that run them; governing decentralized information flow requires decentralized incentive designs.
  > But these networks are stifled by the centralized ownership and governance of the Web ).5 companies that run them. Governing decentralized information flow ne- cessitates decentralized incentive designs.
  Craig Calcaterra, Wulf A. Kaal, Contemporary Decentralization (2021). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3782198
- [3782198-013](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3782198-013) [mechanism/argued] -- Because centralized owners control the platform software they control the market and can dictate prices, charging non transparent fees that adjust to real time supply and demand to maximize their own profit.
  > owners control this software and therefore control the market and can dictate prices. They don't charge transparent fees. They adjust to real-time information about supply and demand to maximize their profits.
  Craig Calcaterra, Wulf A. Kaal, Contemporary Decentralization (2021). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3782198

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