James Thompson

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6,026 appearances 19 recordings 2 series first heard Apr 2026 last heard 2d ago

James Thompson’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

So uh I think David you've answered a really good question. voice-verified

I'm not sure I hope we're not moving away from democratic governments anytime soon, but these swings to populism, that's gonna make it very hard to get debt to GDP rate. voice-verified

Ratios down. voice-verified

Okay, Anthony, for our second topic, let's go to one of the big global business stories that's also playing out on Australian roads and in the GDP numbers, as we just said. voice-verified

And that's car maker Volkswagen. voice-verified

Volkswagen's management team is seeking to dramatically restructure its manufacturing footprint by closing seven German factories, sacking about 50,000 workers, and moving more of its manufacturing offshore where it can produce. voice-verified

Produce cars more cheaply. voice-verified

Now, the Volkswagen's the biggest car maker in Europe and the second biggest in the world. voice-verified

They make 9 million cars a year across its brands, which include VW, Audi, Porsche, Skoda, and Lamborghini. voice-verified

It's got scale, it's got a global manufacturing footprint, it has these great legacy brands. voice-verified

And look at its share price, down 75% in the past five years. voice-verified

Why is this company under so much? voice-verified

But there's voice-verified

Now Anthony, this is all happening a long way away from Australia, you know, the the headquarters of uh VWs in the town of Wulfsburg in Lower Saxony in Germany. voice-verified

But you didn't know that. voice-verified

But we can see this story playing out on Australian roads, can't we? voice-verified

Here. voice-verified

I don't know if you remember that. voice-verified

And the story of the death of that car industry is really a story of most car makers moving manufacturing to China. voice-verified

to places like Vietnam and Thailand particularly, where they've taken advantage of lower cost labour and lower cost in general to import cars from those places just made it impossible for the Australian built cars to exist. voice-verified

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