James Thompson

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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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The Money Café with Alan Kohler · There's No Place Like Home · 5 Aug 2026 podcast

you know, a few of them have reached a stage in their life where they're looking for other things to do. matched

And, you know, one of the thoughts was, should I go into politics? matched

These were exactly the sort of people, experienced business people with lots of life experience and lived in different places that would be great in politics. matched

But their conclusion was going through the sort of machinations of parties, either party, to get pre-selection and etc., matched

It's very different to what you see in the US where people are called out of industry, come and serve for a period in some sort of role, sometimes elected but not always, and make a contribution for a brief period that is sort of manageable and at the right stage of their life. matched

We don't seem to have anything like that, which I thought was interesting. matched

Yep. matched

I hate the nodders. matched

Yeah, no, good point, good point. matched

I was going to say. matched

Yes, I don't want to – I think – matched

I think, Vincent, don't think of it so much as that people will be inclined to save and not spend. matched

I think you need to think of it as people being inclined to save. matched

And what are the flow-on effects from that? matched

It means that there's less investment going on in the economy. matched

Like he's listed a list of advantages. matched

Everyone gets rich by doing nothing. matched

The value of assets simply don't go up endlessly. matched

Prices go down. matched

We don't get inflation reverses. matched

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