Erika Barker | Economic Data Scientist

According to Polymarket, Eileen Higgins is slated to be the next mayor of #Miami . She will be the first democrat since 2009 to hold that position marking a shifting tide in Miami politics.

Clean up your social media now friends. Your online life is no longer just yours, it's a public record waiting to be weaponized. Freedom of Speech is simply an ideal that no longer "realistically" applies. Welcome to the future.

This data can be used against you. It can cost you a job, raise your insurance, or even provide a public official with the ammunition to have you convicted. Clean up your social media now friends.

As a data scientist, the future terrifies me. Every post you've ever made about your health, beliefs, politics, your tone, is a data point. AI sees them as a piece of a puzzle, and it's building a complete picture of who you are, and even worse, who it might want to paint you to be.

YouTube video by Tardan Media AI & I Episode 15 - Erika Barker on Palantir

#Palantir !!! Had an interview with the amazing Dennis Tardan about a Gray Files #podcast episode I did on #AlexKarp and Palantir in July. We really go deep into some of the concerns about the making of a surveillance state, and loss of freedoms. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ouPT...

The Palantir Paradox: Democracy’s Most Dangerous Servant - Erika Barker: Miami Data Science & AI Specialist | Data Diaries Explore the dual nature of Palantir Technologies, a company at the forefront of AI powered intelligence, highlighting its origins in addressing systemic bureaucratic failures and its ongoing challenge...

Deep dive into Alex Karp's vision, the ethical tightrope of AI in national security, and the critical questions around #TechEthics & #DemocraticGovernance. Are we building freedom or its opposite?

Read more: erikabarker.ai/data-analysi...

#Palantir #AISurveillance #NationalSecurity #DataScience

YouTube video by The Gray Files Inside Palantir: AI, Surveillance, and the Mind of Alex Karp

Inside #Palantir: AI, Surveillance, and the Mind of Alex Karp www.youtube.com/watch?v=tnXv...

Early April 2025 saw a 64% decline in ocean container bookings from China to the U.S., a collapse that can translate into retail shortages within a month or two

Black Mirror season 7 has me canceling all of my subscriptions

I believe institutional #algotrading is going to become a hot button topic this year. Short squeezing the market is going to get a lot of unwanted attention, and anger from pension funds and 401ks.

And then the bubble bursts, because it always does. What’s left? A promising idea gets pushed back like yesterday’s trend. The people in the trenches, trying to build something meaningful, get ignored. And we all lose.
We’ve got to do better. These technologies deserve more than that. So do we.

The problem with AI, Blockchain, & Quantum Computing isn’t the tech, it’s us. We’re so obsessed with the next big payday that we forget why any of this matters in the first place. We’ve stopped asking, “What can this actually do for the world?” & started asking, “How fast will this go to the moon?”

Technically my fault :)

YouTube video by GeoHussar The middle-class isn’t as forked over as I calculated.

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Hey not trying to put out bad info. Thanks to you I might not have caught it for a long time if ever. :) also, what are your thoughts on FRED:GDPC1 / ((FRED:WM2NS / FRED:CPIAUCSL * 100) * (FRED:MEHOINUSA646N / FRED:CPIAUCSL * 100))

Hey Josh. Looks like you are right. Great catch! Going to confirm though from an economics professor friend (who gave a thumbs up on the article lol). If you would like, I’ll cite you in the correction for RMHI on my article. I quadrupled checked, and was wrong 😑. Never fun when that happens.

YouTube video by GeoHussar China has worse money problems than the United States

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Rest in Peace #fivethirtyeight

This is legit terrifying

Are you curious about the gray areas of Economics, Technology, and Future probabilities based on data science? Well, I have a new podcast for you that dives into the nuance of all these areas to paint a larger picture for a deeper understanding of these subjects: grayfiles.podbean.com

#deepseek provided me a great in-depth answer, and then it vanished and was censored.

A vibrant economy needs policies that empower the middle class and ensure money circulates equitably. Let’s aim for an economy that works for everyone, not just the few.

The declining velocity of money highlights systemic issues: inequality, loss of middle-class security, and money concentrating in financial markets. Without addressing these, the U.S. economy faces deeper challenges ahead.

More causes:
4.) Wall Street speculation concentrates wealth, not growth.
5.) Inequality & uncertainty force saving, not spending.
6.) Trickle-down economics funnels wealth upward, slowing money circulation. These trends hurt the economy.

Factors contributing to the decline:
1.) Fewer pensions, more 401(k)s: Savings tied up in markets reduce spending.
2.)Quantitative Easing inflated assets & costs, benefiting the wealthy.
3.) Outsourcing weakened wages, cutting middle-class spending power.

This decline shows the American economy isn’t as dynamic or equitable as it could be. The wealthiest 1% can’t drive economic activity like a thriving middle class. The problem persists regardless of political leadership. #MiddleClass #WealthInequality

Economists calculate money velocity by dividing nominal #GDP by the money supply (M2). But there's concern: the velocity of money has steadily declined since July 1997, indicating less efficient circulation in recent decades. #EconomicTrends #MoneyFlow

The velocity of money measures how efficiently money circulates in the #economy. A higher velocity signals a healthy economy, a strong middle class, and shared prosperity. Think of it like blood circulation in the body: the better it flows, the healthier the body. #Finance #Economics

If velocity of money stagnates in an economy, everyone will give a shit.

West Virginia, Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, Florida, Pennsylvania, Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas, Kentucky, South Carolina, Ohio, Michigan, Missouri, & Tennessee lead the nation in Death to Births Ratio. The common thread is the increasing financial distress among residents in these states.