Artificial Intelligence and the World Market: Mapping the Next Two Decades of Human-AI Transformation.: (Will AI Unite the World or Divide It Forever?

By Wayne J. Gombar

Artificial intelligence is not just changing the world-it is remaking it.

In this sweeping, 30-chapter exploration, Artificial Intelligence and the World Market: The Next Twenty Years examines how AI will transform global markets, industries, governance, and human life between now and 2045. From finance and healthcare to agriculture, energy, and the arts, the book provides a comprehensive, evidence-based account of AI's anticipated impacts across every major sector of the global economy.

Drawing on historical analogies, cutting-edge research, and policy debates, this volume offers readers both clarity and depth. Each chapter combines rigorous analysis with forward-looking scenarios, charting multiple possible futures-ranging from inclusive prosperity to fragmented economies, authoritarian AI regimes, and post-human transformations.

Key themes include: Markets and Industries: How AI will reshape trade, banking, insurance, logistics, agriculture, and energy.Society and Work: What education, skills, and human labor will look like in AI-driven economies.Governance and Security: The geopolitical contest for AI leadership, and the risks of cyberwarfare, surveillance, and military applications.Values and Culture: The ethical, philosophical, and creative dilemmas of living in a world where machines think, create, and decide.Global Futures: Competing scenarios for 2045-cooperation, fragmentation, authoritarianism, or symbiosis.The book concludes with an Extended Epilogue, a visionary reflection on AI's double-edged nature: its power to advance human flourishing-or undermine autonomy, equity, and sustainability.

Written in an accessible yet scholarly style, the work provides policymakers, business leaders, educators, and general readers with a roadmap for navigating the uncertain decades ahead. It challenges us to see AI not only as a market force but as a mirror of human values and choices.

Will AI serve as humanity's greatest ally, or its most formidable test?

The answer lies not in the algorithms themselves, but in the decisions we make today.

Author Bio
Wayne J. Gombar is a researcher, writer, and strategic consultant whose work spans history, security, economics, and the social impacts of emerging technologies. With a professional background in defense, infrastructure security, and organizational leadership, he brings a unique perspective to the intersection of innovation, markets, and governance.

Gombar has authored multiple large-scale manuscripts on global affairs, Cold War history, incarceration policy, and technology's role in shaping societies. His work is recognized for blending academic rigor with accessible narrative, drawing connections between past historical transformations and the disruptive forces of today.

Across his writing, Gombar emphasizes the ethical and human dimensions of technological change. He has advised organizations on risk management, emerging technologies, and future workforce readiness, while also pursuing scholarly inquiries into political economy, security studies, and educational innovation.

In Artificial Intelligence and the World Market: The Next Twenty Years, he brings together decades of expertise and research to explore how AI may shape global markets and human futures through 2045 and beyond.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0FRSJCB5L
• ISBN13: 9798266069657
• Release Date: September 2025
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 412 Pages
• Weight: 1.21 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"