James Thompson
speaker
987 appearances
3 recordings
1 series
first heard Jul 2026
last heard 18 Aug
James Thompson’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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Do you have a view on why the labour market isn't moving at a pace to support increased productivity?
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Yeah,
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Yeah, I mean broadly, yes.
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Yeah,
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If it's easier for you to move cities and swap jobs, then that should make it easier for the labour to get to the most to to the bits of the economy that need it most and that should lift productivity.
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It is down?
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Uh yeah.
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Well, I think the the the way it's measured, yeah.
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Yes, I think broadly down is is i it appears to have slowed down to to some extent.
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Yeah.
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Th there is an interesting
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view that
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You know, th there's a bit of a frozen labour market.
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I i as in the US we've seen this sort of no hire, no fire labour market at the moment.
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And has that got something to do with AI that companies aren't shedding jobs, but they're not adding jobs either?
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As they get bigger.
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Um, so there is some interesting things there.
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I mean, industrial relations policy has definitely changed under Labour.
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It's we're we're seeing
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Yeah.
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