Opinions, Editorials, and Interviews (nonacademic publications)(partial list)

Karl Widerquist and Ian Almond, “Why do US universities tolerate debt bondage on their Qatar campuses?Times Higher Education, February 21, 2024.

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.

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