Episode 120 — Google, Antitrust, and Aggregation Theory

Exponent

Ben Thompson / James Allworth

Technology

4.6 • 832 Ratings

🗓️ 30 June 2017

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Ben and James discuss the European Commission’s antitrust ruling against Google and the challenges of antitrust in a world governed by Aggregation Theory. Presented by MailChimp Links Ben Thompson: Ends, Means, and Antitrust — Stratechery Episode 005: The World Has Changed — Exponent Ben Thompson: Antitrust and Aggregation — Stratechery Press Release — European Commission Fact Sheet — European Commission Hosts Ben Thompson, @benthompson, Stratechery James Allworth, @jamesallworth, Harvard Business Review Podcast Information Feed iTunes SoundCloud Twitter Feedback Presented by MailChimp

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0:00.0	Hi, James. Ben, how are you?
0:02.5	I'm doing okay. How are you?
0:04.2	I'm good. We're developing this new version of the opening where I have to do all the talking right at the start.
0:12.0	And it's happened a couple of times where you've bounced it back to me. And I'm like, I'm, I'm good.
0:18.8	Oh, much is to say how I am?
0:21.1	Yeah, yeah. How are you? I'm, I'm good. Oh, much is to say how I am? Yeah, yeah.
0:21.8	How are you?
0:23.0	I'm doing fine.
0:25.1	I have nothing to add.
0:26.4	Sorry.
0:27.4	No worries.
0:28.3	I'm too preoccupied by antitrust.
0:31.5	Oh, is that so?
0:33.1	I guess we should talk about that.
0:34.7	Well, we are recording on Thursday, so I'm actually working on the data update, which is a follow-up to the piece for this week.
0:40.5	We'll get that to a moment.
0:41.7	First, we want to thank MailChimp for sponsoring Expoena.
0:44.1	They do every week.
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0:54.3	free at Mailchip.com. And our thanks to them for sponsoring exponent. Yes, it's probably not an
1:00.3	appropriate time for an antitrust joke, right? I don't think Melchimp has anything to worry
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