The AI Financial Takeover: Will Algorithmic Trading & Quantum Computing Destroy the Economy?

What happens when AI moves faster than humans can react? What if an algorithm could erase your life savings in milliseconds?

In this episode, host Erika Barker pulls back the curtain on the rise of AI-driven financial markets, exposing the hidden risks behind high-speed algorithmic trading—and how it’s reshaping the economy, job security, and even American democracy.

AI is no longer a tool—it’s a powerful market force that makes decisions faster than humans can comprehend. The result? Flash crashes, mass job displacement, and an economic system on the brink of transformation.

 Key Topics Covered: ✔️ AI-Driven Trading Gone Wrong: How algorithms are reshaping financial markets at lightning speed. ✔️ Job Apocalypse? The automation wave hitting finance, analytics, and customer service. ✔️ The Middle Class in Freefall: AI’s role in accelerating wealth concentration and stagnating wages. ✔️ The Global AI Arms Race: How countries like China outpaces the U.S. in AI-driven finance. ✔️ Can the Government Keep Up? The policy battle over regulating high-frequency trading & AI oversight. ✔️ Quantum Computing & Financial Warfare: The next battleground for global economic dominance.

Are we in control of AI-driven finance—or is it controlling us? The future of the middle class, financial markets, and democracy itself may depend on the answer.

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