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{Producer\u2019s note: this episode has an electronic buzz in parts due to a dying microphone. I cleaned it up as much as possible, but it couldn\u2019t be totally removed. So it goes!}\n\nWe go deep on the recent federal antitrust case against Google, which ruled that the company is a monopoly (obviously). We get into the details of the case, before spinning off to talk more broadly about market domination and disaster capitalism, then get back to the potential remedies for addressing Google\u2019s power over search and the implications for techno-economic regulation.\n\n\u2022\u2022\u2022 Disaster Capitalism Revisited https://theideasletter.substack.com/p/disaster-capitalism-revisited\n\u2022\u2022\u2022 Will Google\u2019s Monopoly Be Vanquished? https://prospect.org/justice/2024-08-09-will-googles-monopoly-be-vanquished/ \n\u2022\u2022\u2022 Google as monopolist https://www.ft.com/content/1d01b2d1-fc70-4d4a-823a-13fb24c9a7ef\n\u2022\u2022\u2022 Monopoly Money https://www.wheresyoured.at/monopoly-money/ \n\nSubscribe to hear more analysis and commentary in our premium episodes every week! https://www.patreon.com/thismachinekills \n\nHosted by Jathan Sadowski (www.x.com/jathansadowski) and Edward Ongweso Jr. (www.x.com/bigblackjacobin). Production / Music by Jereme Brown (www.x.com/braunestahl)