KARL WIDERQUIST
Professor at Georgetown University-Qatar
Qatar cell phone: (+974) 5508-9323
Qatar office phone: (+974) 4457-8384
U.S. cell phone: (+1) 504-261-0891
Email: Karl@Widerquist.com
Education
DPhil (PhD) in Politics, the University of Oxford, Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford, UK, January 2007
• Fields of Study: Analytical Political Theory, Distributive Justice
• Dissertation: Property and the Power to Say No: A freedom-based argument for basic income
PhD in Economics, the City University of New York, New York, NY, 1996
• Fields of Study: International Trade, Human Resources, and Public Choice
• Dissertation: A Voting Paradox and the Budget Deficit
BA in Economics, the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 1987
Employment History
Professor Georgetown University-Qatar, Doha, Qatar
Associate Professor 2009–2018
Full Professor 2018-present
Guest Professor (temporary sabbatical appointment) the University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany, January-June 2022
Co-supervisor for PhD thesis (unpaid service appointment) the University of Deusto, Bilbao, Spain, 2021–present
Visiting Lecturer in Politics The School of Politics, and International Relations, The University of Reading, United Kingdom, September 2007–August 2009
Faculty Fellow, The Murphy Institute, Center for Ethics and Public Affairs, Tulane University, September 2006–July 2007
Teacher, The Oxford Tradition, Pembroke College, Oxford University, July 2006
Tutor, Oxford University, 2004–2006, colleges: Corpus Christi, Magdalen, Wadham, and Hertford
Budget Analyst, Educational Priorities Panel, 225 Broadway, Suite 3101, New York, NY 10007, August 2000–June 2002
Hoover Fellow in economic and social ethics, Chair Hoover d’éthique économique et sociale, Université catholique de Louvain, 3 place Montesqueieu, B-1348 Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium February–August, 2001
Resident Research Associate, The Levy Economics Institute of Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY, June 1997–August 2000
Adjunct Lecturer, New York University, 1994–1997
Adjunct Lecturer, Staten Island College, 1994, 1996–1997
Adjunct Lecturer, Hunter College, 1992–1995
Research Assistant, National Bureau of Economic Research, New York, NY, 1990–1992
Publications
Citations, downloads, and biography
The following publications have been cited more than 2400 times (according to Google Scholar September 2024)
Early versions of the following publications are available my research website.
Biography, BasicIncome.org, December 3, 2020
Published Books
- Karl Widerquist. 2024. Universal Basic Income: Essential Knowledge, Boston: Massachusetts Institute of Technology Press (272 pages) (publisher’s webpage) (free preview)
- Karl Widerquist, 2023. The Problem of Property: Taking the Freedom of Nonowners Seriously. New York: Palgrave Macmillan (130 pages) (link to publisher’s website)
- Karl Widerquist and Grant S. McCall, 2021. The Prehistory of Private Property: Implications for Modern Political Theory, Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press (317 pages)
- Karl Widerquist, 2018. A Critical Analysis of Basic Income Experiments for Researchers, Policymakers, and Citizens, New York: Palgrave Macmillan (167 pages)
- Karl Widerquist and Grant McCall, 2017. Prehistoric Myths in Modern Political Philosophy, Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press (274 pages)
- Widerquist and McCall, 2017. Free Online Appendix to Prehistoric Myths in Modern Political Philosophy, Edinburgh University Press (70 pages)
- Karl Widerquist, Jose Noguera, Yannick Vanderborght, and Jurgen De Wispelaere (eds.), 2013. Basic Income: An Anthology of Contemporary Research, Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell (563 pages)
- Karl Widerquist, 2013. Independence, Propertylessness, and Basic Income: A Theory of Freedom as the Power to Say No. New York: Palgrave Macmillan (241 pages)
- Karl Widerquist and Michael W. Howard (eds.) 2012. Exporting the Alaska Model: Adapting the Permanent Fund Dividend for Reform around the World, New York: Palgrave Macmillan (291 pages)
- Karl Widerquist and Michael W. Howard (eds.) 2012. Alaska’s Permanent Fund Dividend: Examining its Suitability as a Model, New York: Palgrave Macmillan (267 pages)
- Karl Widerquist, Michael Anthony Lewis, and Steven Pressman (eds.), 2005. The Ethics and Economics of the Basic Income Guarantee, Aldershot, UK: Ashgate (352 pages)
- Michael Anthony Lewis and Karl Widerquist, 2002. Economics for Social Workers: The Application of Economic Theory to Social Policy and the Human Services, New York: Columbia University Press (204 pages)
- Doctoral Thesis: Karl Widerquist, 2006. Property and the Power to Say No: A Freedom-Based Argument For Basic Income, the University of Oxford (341 pages), (Later revised, extended, and published as two books, Independence, Propertylessness, and Basic Income and The Problem of Property)
Books under contract and in progress
- Karl Widerquist and Lucas Stanczyk, Universal Basic Income: A Janus Debate, University of Vermont (expected publication 2026)
- Michael Anthony Lewis and Karl Widerquist, Economics for Social Workers: Second Edition. Oxford: Oxford University Press (the First Edition, 2002, is available from Columbia University Press)
Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles
- Karl Widerquist, forthcoming, “The Debate Over the Definition of Basic Income.” Basic Income Studies
- Karl Widerquist, 2024, “Functional Finance and the Sustainability of Universal Basic Income [open access],” Basic Income Studies 19 (1), 15-29, April. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/bis-2023-0024
- Enzo Rossi, Annelien de Dijn, Grant McCall, David Wengrow, and Karl Widerquist 2024, “Material Conditions and Human Freedom: Critical Exchange,” Contemporary Political Theory 23(1), March. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/s41296-024-00681-5
Karl Widerquist and Grant S. McCall’s contribution to this Critical Exchange is available online as a working paper: “Questions about The Dawn of Everything” - Georg Arndt and Karl Widerquist, “The Cost of Basic Income in the United Kingdom: A Microsimulation Analysis,” (revise and resubmit from the Journal of Microsimulations).
- Karl Widerquist, 2021, “Further Reflections on Basic Income Experiments,” Ethical Perspectives 28 (1), March, 103-115
- Karl Widerquist, 2021, “Possibilities and Pitfalls of Basic Income Experiments,” Ethical Perspectives 28 (1), March, 7-16
- Georg Arndt and Karl Widerquist, 2019, “Deceptively Simple: The Uselessness of Gross Cost in the Cost-Benefit Analysis of Universal Basic Income,” Maine Policy Review, November
- Karl Widerquist, 2019, “The Pursuit of Accord: Toward a Theory of Justice With a Second-Best Approach to the Insider-Outsider Problem,” Raisons Politiques 73 (1), 61-82
- Jean-Fabien Spitz, Hillel Steiner, Philippe Van Parijs and Karl Widerquist, 2019, “Why Private Property?” Raisons Politiques 73 (1), 119-131
- Karl Widerquist, 2018, “The Devil’s in the Caveats: A Brief Discussion of the Difficulties of Basic Income Experiments,” CESifo Forum 19 (3), September, 30-35
- Karl Widerquist, 2017, “The Cost of Basic Income: Back-of-the-Envelope Calculations,” Basic Income Studies 12 (2), December
- Karl Widerquist and Grant S. McCall, 2015. “Myths about the State of Nature and the Reality of Stateless Societies.” Analyse & Kritik 37 (2), August, 233-257
- Karl Widerquist, 2015. “The Piketty Observation Against the Institutional Background: How natural is this natural tendency and what can we do about it?” Basic Income Studies 10 (1), June, 83-90
- Grant S. McCall and Karl Widerquist, 2015. “The Evolution of Equality: Rethinking Variability and Egalitarianism Among Modern Forager Societies.” Ethnoarchaeology 7 (1) March: 21-44
- Karl Widerquist, 2010. “How the Sufficiency Minimum Becomes a Social Maximum,” Utilitas 22 (4): 474-480
- Karl Widerquist, 2010. “Lockean Theories of Property: Justifications for Unilateral Appropriation,” Public Reason 2 (3): 3-26
- Karl Widerquist, 2010. “The Physical Basis of Voluntary Trade,” Human Rights Review 11 (1): 83-103
- Karl Widerquist, 2009. “A Dilemma for Libertarianism,” Politics, Philosophy, and Economics 8 (1): 43-72
- Karl Widerquist, 2008. “Problems with Wage Subsidies: Phelps’s economic discipline and undisciplined economics” International Journal of Green Economics 2 (3): 329-339
- Karl Widerquist, 2006. “The Bottom Line in a Basic Income Experiment” Basic Income Studies 1 (2): 1-5
- Karl Widerquist, 2006. “Who Exploits Who?” Political Studies 54 (3): 444-464
- Karl Widerquist and Michael A. Lewis, 2006. “The Basic Income Guarantee and the Goals of Equality, Efficiency, and Environmentalism,” International Journal of Environment, Workplace and Employment 2 (1): 21-43. (Revised version published in Environment and Employment: A Reconciliation, Philip Lawn (Ed.) London: Routledge, pp. 163-183)
- Karl Widerquist, 2005. “A Failure to Communicate: What (if Anything) Can We Learn From the Negative Income Tax Experiments?” the Journal of Socio-Economics 34 (1): 49-81
- Karl Widerquist, 2003. “Public Choice and Altruism,” the Eastern Economic Journal 29 (3): 277-278
- Karl Widerquist, 2001. “Perspectives on the Guaranteed Income, Part II” the Journal of Economic Issues 35 (4): 1019-1030
- Karl Widerquist, 2001. “Perspectives on the Guaranteed Income, Part I” the Journal of Economic Issues 35 (3): 749-757
- Karl Widerquist, 1999. “Reciprocity and the Guaranteed Income” Politics and Society, 33 (3): 386-401
Peer-Reviewed Book Chapters
- Karl Widerquist, forthcoming 2024, “Basic Income,” in Richard Bellamy et al (eds.) The Cambridge Dictionary of Political Thought
- Karl Widerquist, forthcoming 2024, “Henry George,” in Richard Bellamy et al (eds.) The Cambridge Dictionary of Political Thought
- Karl Widerquist, 2023, “Problems with Pilot Projects,” the Palgrave International Handbook of Basic Income, Second Edition. Malcolm Torry (editor). New York: Palgrave-Macmillan, 493-508, November
- Karl Widerquist, 2023, “The Negative Income Tax Experiments of the 1970s [revised version],” the Palgrave International Handbook of Basic Income, Second Edition. Malcolm Torry (editor). New York: Palgrave-Macmillan, 329-346, November
Original version: 2019, the Palgrave International Handbook of Basic Income [First Edition]. Malcolm Torry (editor). New York: Palgrave-Macmillan: 303-318 - Karl Widerquist and Grant S McCall, 2022, “The State of Nature, Prehistory, and Mythmaking,” in Anne Peters and Mark Somos (editors), The State of Nature: Histories of an Idea, Brill Publishers, 399-421
- Karl Widerquist, 2019, “Three Waves of Basic Income Support,” the Palgrave International Handbook of Basic Income. Malcolm Torry (editor). New York: Palgrave-Macmillan
- Karl Widerquist, 2018, “My Own Private Basic Income.” In Amy Downes and Stewart Lansley (eds.) It’s Basic Income: the Global Debate, Bristol, UK: Policy Press, an Imprint of the University of Bristol Press, pp. 48-53. Also published in OpenDemocracy, June 27, 2017 (more than 47,000 downloads)
- Karl Widerquist, 2016. “The People’s Endowment.” In Axel Gosseries and Inigo Gonzalez (eds.) Institutions for Future Generations, Oxford University Press, pp. 312-330
- Karl Widerquist, 2013, “The Basic Income Grant as Social Safety Net for Namibia: Experience and lessons from around the world,” in Social safety nets in Namibia: Assessing current programmes and future options, Research Department of the Bank of Namibia (editor), Windhoek, Namibia: Bank of Namibia, pp. 43-67
- Karl Widerquist, 2013. “Is Basic Income Still Worth Talking About?” in The Economics of Inequality, Poverty, and Discrimination in the 21st Century Volume II, Robert S Rycroft (ed.) Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, pp. 568-584
- Karl Widerquist and Allan Sheahen, 2012. “The Basic Income Guarantee in the United States: Past Experience, Current Proposals,” in Basic Income Worldwide: Horizons of Reform, Matthew Murray and Carole Pateman (eds.) New York: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 11-32
- Karl Widerquist, 2012. “Alaska’s Permanent Fund Dividend: Basic Income in Practice,” Democratic Imperatives: Innovations in Rights, Participation, and Economic Citizenship. Report of the Task Force on Democracy, Economic Security, and Social Justice in a Volatile Word, American Political Science Association (ed.). Washington, DC: The American Political Science Association (April), p. 64
- Karl Widerquist, 2011. “Why we Demand an Unconditional Basic Income: the ECSO freedom case,” in Arguing about Justice: Essays for Philippe Van Parijs, Axel Gosseries and Yannick Vanderborght (eds.) Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium: Presses universitaires de Louvain, pp. 387-394
- Karl Widerquist, 2009. “Libertarianism,” in the International Encyclopedia of Public Policy: Governance in a Global Age, Volume 3, Phillip O’Hara (Ed.) Perth: GPERU, pp. 338-350
- Karl Widerquist, 2008. “An Introduction to Citizens Capital Accounts,” in Social Aspects of Green Economics, Miriam Kennet (ed.) Oxford: Green Economics Institute, pp. 79-80.
- Robert Levine, Harold Watts, Robinson Hollister, Walter Williams, Alice O’Connor, and Karl Widerquist, 2005. “A Retrospective on the Negative Income Tax Experiments: Looking Back at the Most Innovative Field Studies in Social Policy,” in The Ethics and Economics of the Basic Income Guarantee, Karl Widerquist, Michael A. Lewis, and Steven Pressman (eds.) Aldershot, UK: Ashgate, pp. 95-106.
- Karl Widerquist, 2005. “Does She Exploit or Doesn’t She?” in The Ethics and Economics of the Basic Income Guarantee, Karl Widerquist, Michael A. Lewis, and Steven Pressman (eds.), Aldershot, UK: Ashgate, 2005, pp. 138-162
- Karl Widerquist, 2004. “The Labour Market Findings of the Negative Income Tax Experiments and Their Effects on Policy and Public Opinion,” in Promoting Income Security as a Right: Europe and North America, Guy Standing (ed.), London, Anthem Press, pp. 497-537
Non-Peer-Reviewed Scholarly Publications Including Book Chapters and Journal Articles
- Karl Widerquist, 2013. “Reciprocity and Exploitation,” in Basic Income: An Anthology of Contemporary Research, Karl Widerquist, José A. Noguera, Yannick Vanderborght, and Jurgen De Wispelaere (eds.) Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell
- Jose A. Noguera and Karl Widerquist, 2013. “Basic Income as a Post-Productivist Policy,” in Basic Income: An Anthology of Contemporary Research, Karl Widerquist, José A. Noguera, Yannick Vanderborght, and Jurgen De Wispelaere (eds.) Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell
- Yannick Vanderborght, José A. Noguera, and Karl Widerquist, 2013. “Politics,” in Basic Income: An Anthology of Contemporary Research, Karl Widerquist, José A. Noguera, Yannick Vanderborght, and Jurgen De Wispelaere (eds.) Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell
- Karl Widerquist, Yannick Vanderborght, and José A. Noguera, 2013. “The Idea of an Unconditional Income for Everyone,” in Basic Income: An Anthology of Contemporary Research, Karl Widerquist, José A. Noguera, Yannick Vanderborght, and Jurgen De Wispelaere (eds.) Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell
- Karl Widerquist, José A. Noguera, and Yannick Vanderborght, 2013. “The Implementation of Basic Income,” in Basic Income: An Anthology of Contemporary Research, Karl Widerquist, José A. Noguera, Yannick Vanderborght, and Jurgen De Wispelaere (eds.) Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell
- Karl Widerquist, 2013. “Theories of Justice and Basic Income,” in Basic Income: An Anthology of Contemporary Research, Karl Widerquist, José A. Noguera, Yannick Vanderborght, and Jurgen De Wispelaere (eds.) Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell
- Yannick Vanderborght and Karl Widerquist, 2013. “The Feminist Response to Basic Income,” in Basic Income: An Anthology of Contemporary Research, Karl Widerquist, José A. Noguera, Yannick Vanderborght, and Jurgen De Wispelaere (eds.) Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell
- Karl Widerquist, 2013. “Freedom and Basic Income,” in Basic Income: An Anthology of Contemporary Research, Karl Widerquist, José A. Noguera, Yannick Vanderborght, and Jurgen De Wispelaere (eds.) Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell
- Karl Widerquist, José A. Noguera, and Yannick Vanderborght, 2013. “The Economics of Basic Income,” in Basic Income: An Anthology of Contemporary Research, Karl Widerquist, José A. Noguera, Yannick Vanderborght, and Jurgen De Wispelaere (eds.) Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell
- Karl Widerquist, 2012. “Citizens’ Capital Accounts: A Proposal,” in Exporting the Alaska Model: Adapting the Permanent Fund Dividend for Reform Around the World, Karl Widerquist and Michael W. Howard (eds.) New York: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 183-203
- Karl Widerquist, 2012. “Reply to Comments,” in Exporting the Alaska Model: Adapting the Permanent Fund Dividend for Reform Around the World, Karl Widerquist and Michael W. Howard (eds.) New York: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 233-240
- Karl Widerquist, 2012. “Exporting the Alaska Model to Alaska: How Big Could the Permanent Fund Be if the State Really Tried? And Can a Larger Fund Insulate an Oil-Exporter from the End of the Boom?” in Exporting the Alaska Model: Adapting the Permanent Fund Dividend for Reform Around the World, Karl Widerquist and Michael W. Howard (eds.) New York: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 169-180
- Karl Widerquist, 2012. “A Permanent Endowment for the United States,” in Exporting the Alaska Model: Adapting the Permanent Fund Dividend for Reform Around the World, Karl Widerquist and Michael W. Howard (eds.) New York: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 163-167
- Karl Widerquist and Michael W. Howard, 2012. “The Alaska Model as a Menu of Options,” in Exporting the Alaska Model: Adapting the Permanent Fund Dividend for Reform Around the World, Karl Widerquist and Michael W. Howard (eds.) New York: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 243-251
- Karl Widerquist and Michael W. Howard, 2012. “Exporting an Idea,” in Exporting the Alaska Model: Adapting the Permanent Fund Dividend for Reform Around the World, Karl Widerquist and Michael W. Howard (eds.) New York: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 3-14
- Karl Widerquist and Michael W. Howard, 2012. “Critical Reflections on the Future of Alaska’s Permanent Fund and Dividend,” in Alaska’s Permanent Fund Dividend: Examining its Suitability as a Model, Karl Widerquist and Michael W. Howard (eds.), New York: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 115-122
- Michael W. Howard and Karl Widerquist, 2012. “Why Link Basic Income to Resource Taxation?” in Alaska’s Permanent Fund Dividend: Examining its Suitability as a Model, Karl Widerquist and Michael W. Howard (eds.) New York: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 205-220
- Karl Widerquist and Michael W. Howard, 2012. “Lessons from the Alaska Model,” in Alaska’s Permanent Fund Dividend: Examining its Suitability as a Model, Karl Widerquist and Michael W. Howard (eds.) New York: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 221-228
- Karl Widerquist and Michael W. Howard, 2012. “Success in Alaska,” in Alaska’s Permanent Fund Dividend: Examining its Suitability as a Model, Karl Widerquist and Michael W. Howard (eds.) New York: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 3-15
- Karl Widerquist and Jurgen De Wispelaere, 2006. “Launching a Basic Income Journal” Basic Income Studies 1 (1): 1-6
- Michael Lewis, Steven Pressman & Karl Widerquist, 2005. “The Basic Income Guarantee and Social Economics,” The Review of Social Economy 63 (4): 587-593. (Revised version published as “An introduction to the Basic Income Guarantee” in The Ethics and Economics of the Basic Income Guarantee, Widerquist, Lewis, Pressman (eds.), Aldershot: Ashgate, 2005)
- Karl Widerquist, 2005. “Discussion” Time for Land Value Tax? Dominic Maxwell and Anthony Vigor (eds.) London: Institute for Public Policy Research, pp. 60-64
- Karl Widerquist, 2005. “Introduction to the Special Issue on the Basic Income Guarantee,” The Journal of Socio-Economics 34 (1): 1–2
Book Reviews
- Karl Widerquist, 2019, “Book Review – The War on Normal People: The Truth About America’s Disappearing Jobs and Why Universal Basic Income Is Our Future,” Delphi – Interdisciplinary Review of Emerging Technologies 2, Issue 1, 59 – 60
- Karl Widerquist, 2014, “Review of Marshall Brain: Manna: Two Visions of Humanity’s Future.” Basic Income News: BInews.org
- Karl Widerquist, 2014, “Review of The Second Machine Age: Work, Progress, and Prosperity in a Time of Brilliant Technologies.” Basic Income News: BInews.org
- Karl Widerquist 2011 “Review Essay: Two Memoirs Tell the History of the Alaska Dividend,” Citizens Income Newsletter (1)
- Karl Widerquist, 2010. “Review of The Street Porter and the Philosopher: Conversations on Analytical Egalitarianism,” Sandra J. Peart and David M. Levy (eds.),” the Eastern Economic Journal 36 (2): 277-278
- Karl Widerquist, 2010. “Review of In Our Hands: A Plan to Replace the Welfare State, Charles Murray,” Review of Political Economy 22 (1): 170-174
- Karl Widerquist, 2009. “Review of Natural Justice, Ken Binmore,” Utilitas 21 (4): pp. 529-532
- Karl Widerquist, 2009. “Jeremy Waldron and the Basic Income Debate, comment on three books by Jeremy Waldron,” Citizens Income Newsletter (1)
- Karl Widerquist, 2009. “Review of Just Distribution: Rawlsian Liberalism and the Politics of Basic Income, Simon Birnbaum,” Citizens Income Newsletter (1)
- Karl Widerquist, 2008. “Review of The Failed Welfare Revolution: America’s Struggle over Guaranteed Income Policy, Brian Steensland,” Citizens Income Newsletter (1)
- Karl Widerquist, 2007. “Review of the Ethics of Stakeholding, Keith Dowding, Jurgen De Wispelaere, and Stuart White,” the Citizens Income Newsletter (1)
- Karl Widerquist, 2005. “Review of Libertarianism Without Inequality by Michael Otsuka,” the Citizens Income Newsletter (1)
- Karl Widerquist, 2004. “Review of Work Behavior of the World’s Poor: Theory Evidence and Policy, Mohammed Sharif,” the Citizens Income Newsletter (1)
- Karl Widerquist, 2004. “Review of The Civic Minimum by Stuart White,” the Citizens Income Newsletter (1)
- Karl Widerquist, 2004. “Review of Real Libertarianism Assessed, Andrew Reeve and Andrew Williams (eds.),” the Citizens Income Newsletter (1)
- Karl Widerquist, 2004. “Review of Economics as Religion, Robert H. Nelson,” the Eastern Economic Journal 30 (1): 153-155
- Karl Widerquist, 2001. “Review of The Political Economy of Inequality, Ackerman, Goodwin, Dougherty, and Gallagher (eds.),” the Journal of Economic Issues 35 (4): 1054-1056
Opinions, Editorials, and interviews (selected)
- Why wait until the robots take our jobs? We need a basic income now. By Karl Widerquist, OpenDemocracy, 23 September 2024
- Why do US universities tolerate debt bondage on their Qatar campuses? By Karl Widerquist and Ian Almond, Times Higher Education, February 21, 2024
- Karl Widerquist, The Case for Five New States. By Karl Widerquist, OpenDemocracy, May 5, 2021
- Karl Widerquist, “America is in crisis. We need universal basic income now [The usual arguments against UBI don’t apply to the Emergency UBI],” the Guardian, 20 Mar 2020
- Karl Widerquist, “End the Threat of Economic Destitution Now,” Open Democracy, 17 September 2019
- Karl Widerquist, “The Growth of the Australian Basic Income Movement,” in Implementing a Basic Income in Australia: Pathways Forward, Elise Klein, Jennifer Mays, and Tim Dunlop (eds.) New York: Palgrave-Macmillan, August 21, 2019
- Karl Widerquist, “Basic Income’s Third Wave,” OpenDemocracy, October 18, 2017
- Karl Widerquist, “The Alaska Model: a citizen’s income in practice,” Our Kingdom, Democratic Wealth: building a citizens’ economy. 24 April 2013
- Karl Widerquist “Commentary: Let’s change the way Alaska Permanent Fund pays dividends,” the Alaska Dispatch, December 5, 2012
- Karl Widerquist “Interesting Times Ahead for Alaska Permanent Fund,” the Alaska Dispatch, June 3, 2012
- Karl Widerquist “How Alaska Can Avoid the Third-Stage Resource Curse,” the Alaska Dispatch, February 27, 2012
- Karl Widerquist “Viewpoint: Lessons of the Alaska Dividend,” Citizens Income Newsletter, Issue 3, 2010
- Karl Widerquist “A BIG Idea: A Minimum Income Guarantee,” Multinational Monitor, Volume 30, No. 3, May/Jun 2009
- Karl Widerquist “Viewpoint: What Does the Stone Age Have to Do With Us?” Citizens Income Newsletter, Issue 3, 2008
- Karl Widerquist “Conference Report: The Eleventh BIEN Congress” Citizens Income Newsletter Issue 2, 2007
- Karl Widerquist “Re-Reading Keynes: Economic Possibilities of Our Grandparents” Dissent, Winter 2006
- Karl Widerquist “The Basic Income Guarantee,” Synthesis/Regeneration 26, Fall 2001
- Karl Widerquist “The Money-Making Ethic,” Chronogram Magazine, New Paltz, NY, January 1999
- Karl Widerquist “Blaming the Worker,” Chronogram Magazine, January 1998
Translations
- Karl Widerquist and Grant McCall, Prehistoria de la propiedad privada: Implicaciones para la teoría política contemporánea [The Prehistory of Private Property: Implications for Modern Political Theory]. Translated by Sara Ortega. Madrid: Bauplan Books, 2023.
- La raó fonamental per la qual soc partidari de l’RBU i d’una economia de participació voluntària [The essential reason I support UBI and a voluntary-participation economy]. By Karl Widerquist, Gencat, 2 May 2023. Translation of “The Essential Reason I Support UBI and a Voluntary-Participation Economy.” Widerquist.com, 20 April 2023
- Karl Widerquist, “基本收入实验的可能性和陷阱 [Possibilities and Pitfalls of Basic Income Experiments]” Basic Income News. Basic Income Earth Network, Aug 16, 2021
- Karl Widerquist & Michael W. Howard, “作为备选方案的阿拉斯加模式 [The Alaska Model as a Menu of Options]” 实验主义治理 [Experimental Governance], translated by Cheng Furui, September 2015
- Karl Widerquist, “两本回忆录讲述阿拉斯加社会分红的历史 [Two Memoirs Tell the History of the Alaska Dividend]” 实验主义治理 [Experimental Governance], translated by Cheng Furui, August 2015
- Karl Widerquist, “基本收入与作为“说不”的权力的自由 [Freedom as the power to say no]” 实验主义治理 [Experimental Governance], translated by Gao Zhen, July 2015
- Karl Widerquist “Predicciones de Keynes: ‘Las posibilidades económicas de nuestros nietros’ Una visión restrospectiva” Ciudadanos: Critica Política y Propuesta Año 6, No. 10 El Futuro (Invierno de 2006). Traducido por José Villadeamigo, pp. 55-60 de “Re-Reading Keynes” Dissent
News and editorial writing
Karl Widerquist, the Indepentarian (blog), Basic Income News on BasicIncome.org, 2003-present
Karl Widerquist, writer, Basic Income News, more than 500 mini-articles published since 2011, subscription 15,000.
The Basic Income Earth Network NewsFlash, 2000-2015. Subscription 1800
The U.S. Basic Income Guaranteed Network NewsFlash, 2000-2015. Subscription 1000
Summary, the Jerome Levy Economics Institute of Bard College, Subscription 8,000
• Volume 6, No. 3, Summer 1997 – Volume 9, No. 3, Summer 2000
Legislation
“The Tax Cut for the Rest of Us Act” of 2006
House Resolution 5257, introduced into the 109th Congress on May 2, 2006 was based entirely on: Karl Widerquist and Al Sheahen, “A Proposal to Transform the Standard Deduction into a Refundable Tax Credit” USBIG Discussion Paper No. 93, August 2004
Media appearances (selected)
(For a more comprehensive list see “Karl Widerquist’s Media Appearances,” online)
TRT Word, The Newsmakers, November 3, 2018
Catherine Clifford, “Elon Musk says robots will push us to a universal basic income—here’s how it would work.” CNBC, November 18, 2016
Al-Jazeer, NewsHour, Al-Jazeera, eight appearances in October and November 2016
Alex King, “An idiot’s guide to Universal Basic Income: Free money for everyone?” A text interview with Karl Widerquist, Huck, June10th, 2016
Karen Pinchin, “Would You Like Some Money, Just For Being A Person?” An article based largely on an interview with Karl Widerquist, Good Magazine, June 7, 2016
Sputnik, “Swiss Basic Income Vote Sparks Discussion Despite Failure to Pass,” article partly based on an interview with Karl Widerquist, Sputnik, June 7, 2016
Laura Flynn, “Your Call: Is it time for a guaranteed basic income?” Full Hour interview with Karl Widerquist and Any Stern. KALW: San Francisco Public Radio, Jun 6, 2016
Karl Widerquist, “Unconditional basic income is a response to the loss of freedom in our economy,” Radio Sputnik, June 3, 2016.
Ralph Atkins and Gemma Tetlow “Switzerland votes against state-provided basic income,” Financial Times, June 5, 2016
Andrew Flowers, “What Would Happen If We Just Gave People Money?” 538, April 25, 2016
Rachel Waldholz, “Alaska’s annual dividend adds up for residents,” Marketplace, American Public Media, March 16, 2016
Tom Ashbrook live radio interview with Karl Widerquist “Time For A Guaranteed Basic Income?” On Point, National Public Radio, January 14, 2016
Caroline Modarressy-Tehrani, “What’s Working: Finland’s Universal Basic Income,” HuffPost Live, December 8, 2015
Aaron Schachter interview with Karl Widerquist, “$2750 a month for every adult, guaranteed? Switzerland’s considering it,” PRI’s The World, October 14, 2013
Invited Presentations (selected)
Karl Widerquist and Oren Cass, “Political Economy Debate: Universal Basic Income – For or Against?” Dartmouth College, October 30, 2019
Karl Widerquist, Elms College Humanities Lecture, Elms College, Massachusetts, October 28, 2019
Karl Widerquist, “The Power to Say No and American Social Policy,” Florida State University’s College of Social Work Conference, “Poverty in America: Critical Perspectives on Causes, Effects and Possible Solutions,” March 1, 2019
Karl Widerquist, “Keynote Speaker,” Academy of the Social Sciences Workshop: Implementing a Basic Income in Australia?, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia, August 17, 2017
Karl Widerquist, “Why we need a Universal Basic Income,” Sydney Ideas, University of Sydney, August 16, 2017
Karl Widerquist, “Justice as the Pursuit of Accord – A more-tentative theory with far-reaching implications,” Why Private Property Conference: Politics of property and its alternatives, Université libre de Bruxelles, June 20-21, 2017
Karl Widerquist, “Possibilities and Pitfalls for a Basic Income Pilot Project,” The Fifteenth Annual North America Basic Income Guarantee Congress, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, May 13, 2016
Karl Widerquist, “Inequality of Freedom,” UBI-Europe International Conference, Budapest, Hungary, November 20, 2015
Karl Widerquist, “Economic, political and public relations aspects of a basic income pilot project.” A Max Weber Multidisciplinary Conference on The Future of Basic Income Research, the European University Institute, Florence, Italy, June 26, 2015
Featured Speaker, “the Centre for Citizenship, Globalization and Governance Seminar Series,” the University of Southampton. Southampton, UK, November 18, 2014.
Panelist, “The Cambridge Society for Economic Pluralism Discussion Panel Series.” Cambridge University, Cambridge, UK: November 17, 2014
Invited Speaker, the Group of Analytical Sociology and Institutional Design at Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, March 27, 2014
Invited Speaker, the Philosophy of Law Group of the University of Pompeau Fabra, Barcelona, Spain, March 28, 2014
Featured Speaker, “the Basic Income Guarantee and Freedom,” conference at New Mexico State University, February 7, 2014
Featured Speaker, “Social safety nets in Namibia: Assessing current programmes and future options,” Bank of Namibia, Windhoek, Namibia, September 26, 2013.
Panelist, New Strategies for Health Promotion: Steering Clear of Ethical Pitfalls, Harvard University Program in Ethics and Health, Harvard University, April 29, 2011
Basic Income Earth Network delegation meeting with President Lula of Brazil, Sao Paulo, Brazil, July 2010
“The Material Conditions of Voluntary Trade,” the Moral Status of the Market, University of Reading, June 6, 2008
“Status Freedom,” The Cardiff Political Theory Research Seminar, Cardiff University, November 30, 2007
Panelist, “Basic Income and the Republican Legacy,” Towards a Basic Income Society? Conference at the Centre for the Study of Social Justice, Department of Politics and International Relations, University of Oxford, October 26, 2007
“The Labor Market Effects of Basic Income,” Swedish Green Party Headquarters, Stockholm, August 19, 2006
“Getting the Question Right in a European Basic Income Experiment,” Towards a Basic Income Experiment, University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain, October 20, 2005
“A Failure to Communicate: What (if Anything) Can we Learn from the Negative Income Tax Experiments?” EFS Exploratory Workshop: Toward a European Basic Income Experiment, Barcelona, Spain, September 18, 2004
Respondent, The Educational Priorities Panel’s Regional Cost Adjustment Forum, for members and staff of the New York State Legislature, April 3, 2001
Grants, Awards, and Fellowships
Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship (declined), The Leverhulme Trust, 2009, two-year award, approximate value £92,000 ($151,000).
Murphy Institute Faculty Fellowship, Tulane University, 2006–2007, eight-month award, approximate value $45,000
Clarendon Fellowship, Oxford University, 2002–2005, three-year award, approximate value $50,000
Hoover Fellowship in economic and social ethics, Chair Hoover d’éthique économique et sociale, Université catholique de Louvain, 2001, six-month award, approximate value $8,000
Teaching: PhD Supervision
Co-supervisor for PhD thesis, “It’s not (just) bout the money: Should Cash transfers in modern welfare states be unconditional rather than means-based and conditional?” the University of Deusto, Bilbao, Spain, 2021–present
Teaching: Courses taught
Masters Seminar in the Ethics of Basic Income (the University of Freiburg, Summer 2022)
Masters Seminar in Basic Income Experiments (the University of Freiburg, Winter 2022)
History of Economic Philosophy (Georgetown University-Qatar, Spring 2018-present)
Political and Social Thought (Georgetown University-Qatar, Fall 2009-present)
Contemporary Theories of Justice (Georgetown University-Qatar, Spring 2010-present)
Pro-Seminar: The Philosophical Approach to Politics (Georgetown University-Qatar, twice, 2009-2012)
Critical Thinking: Introduction to Logic (Georgetown University-Qatar, Fall 2010-present)
Liberty & Equality (Georgetown University-Qatar, Spring 2010)
Introduction to Modern Political Thought (Georgetown University-Qatar, Fall 2011)
Modern Politics (Theory and Institutions) (The University of Reading, UK, 2007–2008)
Modern Government (Theory and Institutions) (The University of Reading, UK, 2008–2009)
Political Thinking (The University of Reading, UK, 2007–2009)
Political Classics (Plato to Rousseau) (The University of Reading, UK, twice 2007–2009)
Introduction to Political Ideas (The University of Reading, UK, 2008–2009)
Political Theory (tutorial) (Oxford University, 2006)
Politics and Economics (The Oxford Tradition, Pembroke College, Oxford University, 2006)
Classical Political Thought (tutorial) (Oxford University, 2006)
Foundations of Modern Social and Political Thought (tutorial) (Oxford University, 2004)
History of Economic Thought (New York University, 1994-1997)
Intermediate Microeconomics (New York University, Hunter College, and Staten Island College, 1992-1997)
Poverty and Income Distribution (New York University, 1995)
International Trade (New York University, 1994-1995)
Principles of Microeconomics (New York University and Hunter College, 1992-1997)
Principles of Macroeconomics (Hunter College, 1992-1995)
Business Statistics (Staten Island College, 1994)
Introduction to Economics (Staten Island College and Hunter College, 1993-1995)
Editorial and Organizational Credits
Series Editor, Palgrave-Macmillan’s series, Exploring the Basic Income Guarantee, 2008–present
Editor, Basic Income Studies, 2005–2011
• Volume 1, Issue 1, May 2006 through Volume 6, Issue 2, December 2011 (14 issues)
Consulting Editor, Basic Income Studies, 2012–present
Editor, Basic Income News, 2011–2015
• Coeditor of News Website focusing on Basic Income
Editor, the Levy Economics Institute of Bard College
• Nine Policy Briefs and Policy Notes, five Conference Proceedings, 12 issues of Summary
Conference Organizer, the Second (2003), Third (2004), Fourth (2005), Sixth (2007), Eight (2009) and Tenth (2011) Congresses of the U.S. Basic Income Guarantee Network
Referee
American Political Science Review
Anthrosophia: journal of Philosophy, Politics, and Social Science
Analysis
Basic Income Studies
British Journal of Political Science
Business Ethics
Critical Review of Social and Political Philosophy
Diacrítica
Ethical Perspectives
Ethical Theory and Moral Practice
Ethics, Politics & Society
Eurasian Economic Review
European Journal of Political Theory
Global Social Policy
Inquiry
International Journal of Green Economics
Journal of Applied Philosophy
Journal of European Social Policy
Journal of Philosophical Research
Journal of Political Philosophy
Journal of Social Policy
Journal of Socio-Economics
The Journal of Value Inquiry
Louvain Economics Review
Moral Philosophy and Politics
Oeconomica
Philosophia
Philosophical Quarterly
Philosophy and Social Criticism
Philosophy Compass
Political Studies
Politics
Politics, Philosophy, and Economics
Public Affairs Quarterly
Res Publica
Review of Political Economy
Review of Radical Political Economics
Social Forces
Social Science History
Social Policy and Society No. 66
Social Theory and Practice
Socio-Economic Review
Theoria