Anthony Macdonald

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4,537 appearances 16 recordings 1 series first heard Apr 2026 last heard 2d ago

Anthony Macdonald’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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Chanticleer · Ugly choice between stagflation and recession, China's EV shock spreads & Bathla mess grows · 4 Sep 2026 podcast

Yeah, yeah, just said that was a comment or a question. voice-verified

Uh James, I mean governments all over the place, democratic governments, I mean, they're just throwing money around willy nilly to try and get voter back in. voice-verified

That's been the case for a few years. voice-verified

I mean, I went back and look at the numbers last night and if you look at the G twenty countries, James, I mean gross debt to GDP, it's gone up for nearly all of them in the past decade. voice-verified

And gone up meaningfully, except for Japan, which is pretty flat, albeit you know, it's zero or near zero. voice-verified

Interest rates and Germany came down a little bit from about 70% to 60%. voice-verified

Australia, gross debt to GDP, it's gone up from 37% to 50-51%. voice-verified

Now remember we have states on top of that, and we know their debt balance has gone up too. voice-verified

James, particularly yours in Victoria. voice-verified

We heard all about that on the Thin podcast this week. voice-verified

This week. voice-verified

But that COVID era really saw countries stretch their balance sheets to protect the economy. voice-verified

Covid. voice-verified

And once that government starts spending, and once it gets bigger, voice-verified

And starts doing more, it's really hard to stop. voice-verified

And it's also hard to change people's expectations that they should stop, which is also what makes me nervous about something like Bathler and even Tomago. voice-verified

Um, to be honest, James, because I mean I hate to sound like an old man in a middle-aged blue body, but bothering to pay for current day expenses, that's just pinching from future generations. voice-verified

You know, unless we're building something that's actually gonna be lasting and make the future generations' lives better. voice-verified

Yeah, unless we're building something. voice-verified

I mean, I think it's really hard to justify, but I don't know, maybe I'm too old and cranky at heart. voice-verified

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