Karl Widerquist | |
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 Widerquist at BIEN Conference in 2016 | |
| Born | February 7, 1965 Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| Occupation(s) | Political philosopher, economist |
Karl Widerquist (/ˈwaɪdərkwɪst/) is an American political philosopher and economist at Georgetown University on its campus in Qatar. He is best known as an advocate of basic income, but is also an interdisciplinary academic writer who has published in journals in fields as diverse as economics, politics, philosophy, and anthropology. He is a consistent critic of propertarianism, right-libertarianism, social contract theory, and the belief that modern societies fulfill the Lockean proviso.[1][2][3]
Widerquist is the co-founder of the U.S. Basic Income Guarantee (USBIG) Network, which was the first Basic Income network in the United States. He was co-chair of the Basic Income Earth Network (BIEN) 2008–2017, and he co-founded Basic Income News in 2011.[4] He has been a commentator on several television, radio, and print networks. According to the Atlantic Monthly, Karl Widerquist is "a leader of the worldwide basic income movement."[5]
- ^ Widerquist, Karl (2017). Prehistoric Myths in Modern Political Philosophy. doi:10.26530/oapen_625284. ISBN 978-0-7486-7866-2.
- ^ Widerquist, Karl (7 March 2013), Independence, Propertylessness, and Basic Income: A Theory of Freedom as the Power to Say No, Springer, ISBN 9781137313096
- ^ "Libertarianism: The Scientology of Politics". youtube.
- ^ McFarl, Kate (14 May 2017). "Karl Widerquist steps down as BIEN's Co-Chair to write Basic Income book for MIT Press | BIEN — Basic Income Earth Network". Retrieved 2020-09-07.
- ^ Wheeler, David R. (2015-05-18). "What If You Didn't Have to Work for Money?". The Atlantic. Retrieved 2020-09-07.
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