Erika Barker | Economic Data Scientist
@erikabarker.ai
Data Scientist, Military Veteran, and Predictive Economics Junkie who has a knack for storytelling and podcasting. Host of The Gray Files Podcast
https://erikabarker.ai
https://erikabarker.ai
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.
October 2, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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.
October 2, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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.
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.
We’ve got to do better. These technologies deserve more than that. So do we.
March 24, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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.
We’ve got to do better. These technologies deserve more than that. So do we.
Technically my fault :)
March 12, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Technically my fault :)
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))
March 12, 2025 at 4:53 PM
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.
March 12, 2025 at 5:47 AM
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.
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.
January 27, 2025 at 12:14 AM
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.
January 27, 2025 at 12:14 AM
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.
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.
January 27, 2025 at 12:14 AM
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.
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.
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.
January 27, 2025 at 12:14 AM
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.
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.