Karl Widerquist
EconomistModernb. 1965· American
American philosopher and economist at Georgetown University in Qatar. He has researched basic income for more than 25 years, co-founded the U.S. Basic Income Guarantee Network and the journal Basic Income Studies, and co-chaired the Basic Income Earth Network from 2008 to 2017. His books argue that a guaranteed income gives people the freedom to refuse exploitative work.
| Key Ideas | universal basic incomefreedom as the power to say nobasic income experimentscommon ownership of resources |
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