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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Recordings per month over the last 12 months — 3 in all, peaking in Aug 2026 with 2.

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You don't walk the aisles of the supermarket and see the sales stickers. matched
Maybe the AI makes much better decisions for you because you're not swayed by, oh, I'd love a packet of biscuits or whatever it is. matched
So there are perhaps... matched
Perhaps that age of agentic commerce helps people to streamline their spending a bit. matched
I don't know. matched
Maybe. matched
All right. matched
Curtis says he loves the show. matched
Would like to hear your thoughts on a 2% wealth tax on assets above $100 million to help alleviate pressure on income-reliant tax system. matched
For clarity, say you had $101 million in your net worth, you pay 2% on the value of $1 million, so just a bit above the $100 million threshold. matched
For all of Australia's 178 billionaires and a few thousand centi-millionaires, I'm sure they'd love the opportunity to give back a little to their nation. matched
This is currently being debated in countries like France and the UK. matched
Yeah. matched
I had a chat with a guy, Paul Donovan. matched
He's this UBS wealth management chief economist a couple of weeks ago. matched
And unprompted, we were talking about – I said to him, what's the biggest thing happening in the world that people aren't thinking enough about? matched
And he said, well, government debt is surging. matched
And household wealth is surging. matched
And he said, well, the obvious thing that governments will do is find a way to relieve people of a bit of household wealth and help alleviate the debt crisis. matched
But his point was that wealth taxes and inheritance taxes are actually not that effective. matched
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