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Karl Widerquist

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Economics
School of Foreign Service
Georgetown University

Doha, Qatar
https://qatar.sfs.georgetown.edu/academic-affairs/faculty/economists-corner
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Working papers

  1. Matthew Wiswall & Basit Zafar, 2016. "Preference for the workplace, investment in human capital, and gender," Staff Reports 767, Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
  2. Karl Widerquist, 2000. "The Public Commodities Problem," Economics Working Paper Archive wp_299, Levy Economics Institute.
  3. Karl Widerquist, 1999. "New Perspectives on the Guaranteed Income," Economics Working Paper Archive wp_289, Levy Economics Institute.
  4. Karl Widerquist, 1998. "Reciprocity and the Guaranteed Income," Economics Working Paper Archive wp_245, Levy Economics Institute.
  5. Karl Widerquist & Michael A. Lewis, 1997. "An Efficiency Argument for the Guaranteed Income," Economics Working Paper Archive wp_212, Levy Economics Institute.

Articles

  1. Widerquist Karl, 2024. "Functional Finance and the Sustainability of Universal Basic Income," Basic Income Studies, De Gruyter, vol. 19(1), pages 15-29, June.
  2. Karl Widerquist & Georg Arndt, 2023. "The Cost of Basic Income in the United Kingdom: A Microsimulation Analysis," International Journal of Microsimulation, International Microsimulation Association, vol. 16(3), pages 1-18.
  3. Karl Widerquist, 2018. "The Devil’s in the Caveats: A Brief Discussion of the Difficulties of Basic Income Experiments," CESifo Forum, ifo Institute - Leibniz Institute for Economic Research at the University of Munich, vol. 19(03), pages 30-35, October.
  4. Widerquist Karl, 2017. "The Cost of Basic Income: Back-of-the-Envelope Calculations," Basic Income Studies, De Gruyter, vol. 12(2), pages 1-13, December.
  5. Widerquist Karl, 2015. "The Piketty Observation against the Institutional Background: How Natural is this Natural Tendency and What Can We Do about it?," Basic Income Studies, De Gruyter, vol. 10(1), pages 83-90, June.
  6. Karl Widerquist, 2010. "In Our Hands: A Plan to Replace the Welfare State," Review of Political Economy, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 22(1), pages 170-174.
  7. Widerquist, Karl, 2010. "How the Sufficiency Minimum Becomes a Social Maximum," Utilitas, Cambridge University Press, vol. 22(4), pages 474-480, December.
  8. Karl Widerquist, 2010. "The Street Porter and the Philosopher: Conversations on Analytical Egalitarianism, edited by Sandra J. Peart and David M. Levy," Eastern Economic Journal, Palgrave Macmillan;Eastern Economic Association, vol. 36(2), pages 277-278, Spring.
  9. Karl Widerquist, 2009. "A dilemma for libertarianism," Politics, Philosophy & Economics, , vol. 8(1), pages 43-72, February.
  10. Widerquist, Karl, 2009. "Ken Binmore, Natural Justice (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2005), pp. xii + 207," Utilitas, Cambridge University Press, vol. 21(4), pages 529-532, December.
  11. Karl Widerquist, 2008. "Problems with wage subsidies: Phelps's economic discipline and undisciplined economics," International Journal of Green Economics, Inderscience Enterprises Ltd, vol. 2(3), pages 329-339.
  12. Widerquist Karl, 2006. "The Bottom Line in a Basic Income Experiment," Basic Income Studies, De Gruyter, vol. 1(2), pages 1-5, December.
  13. Karl Widerquist, 2006. "Who Exploits Who?," Political Studies, Political Studies Association, vol. 54(3), pages 444-464, October.
  14. Widerquist, Karl, 2005. "Introduction to the special issue on the basic income guarantee," Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics (formerly The Journal of Socio-Economics), Elsevier, vol. 34(1), pages 1-2, February.
  15. Michael Lewis & Steven Pressman & Karl Widerquist, 2005. "The basic income guarantee and social economics," Review of Social Economy, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 63(4), pages 587-593.
  16. Widerquist, Karl, 2005. "A failure to communicate: what (if anything) can we learn from the negative income tax experiments?," Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics (formerly The Journal of Socio-Economics), Elsevier, vol. 34(1), pages 49-81, February.
  17. Karl Widerquist, 2003. "Public Choice and Altruism," Eastern Economic Journal, Eastern Economic Association, vol. 29(3), pages 317-337, Summer.
  18. Karl Widerquist, 2001. "The Political Economy of Inequality," Journal of Economic Issues, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 35(4), pages 1054-1056, December.
  19. Karl Widerquist, 2001. "Perspectives on the Guaranteed Income, Part I," Journal of Economic Issues, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 35(3), pages 749-757, September.
  20. Karl Widerquist, 1999. "Reciprocity and the Guaranteed Income," Politics & Society, , vol. 27(3), pages 387-402, September.

Chapters

  1. Karl Widerquist, 2023. "Problems with Pilot Projects," Exploring the Basic Income Guarantee, in: Malcolm Torry (ed.), The Palgrave International Handbook of Basic Income, edition 2, chapter 0, pages 493-506, Palgrave Macmillan.
  2. Karl Widerquist, 2023. "Lockean Appropriation Assessed," Exploring the Basic Income Guarantee, in: The Problem of Property, chapter 4, pages 39-57, Palgrave Macmillan.
  3. Karl Widerquist, 2023. "Right-Libertarian Appropriation Assessed," Exploring the Basic Income Guarantee, in: The Problem of Property, chapter 5, pages 59-85, Palgrave Macmillan.
  4. Karl Widerquist, 2023. "Introduction," Exploring the Basic Income Guarantee, in: The Problem of Property, chapter 1, pages 1-6, Palgrave Macmillan.
  5. Karl Widerquist, 2023. "Conclusion: The Greater of Two Goods," Exploring the Basic Income Guarantee, in: The Problem of Property, chapter 7, pages 121-124, Palgrave Macmillan.
  6. Karl Widerquist, 2023. "Lockean Property Theory: A Menu of Options for the Justification of Unilateral Appropriation," Exploring the Basic Income Guarantee, in: The Problem of Property, chapter 3, pages 21-38, Palgrave Macmillan.
  7. Karl Widerquist, 2023. "The Approximation of a Property-Rights Accord," Exploring the Basic Income Guarantee, in: The Problem of Property, chapter 6, pages 87-119, Palgrave Macmillan.
  8. Karl Widerquist, 2023. "The Problem of Property," Exploring the Basic Income Guarantee, in: The Problem of Property, chapter 2, pages 7-20, Palgrave Macmillan.
  9. Karl Widerquist, 2019. "Three Waves of Basic Income Support," Exploring the Basic Income Guarantee, in: Malcolm Torry (ed.), The Palgrave International Handbook of Basic Income, chapter 0, pages 31-44, Palgrave Macmillan.
  10. Karl Widerquist, 2019. "The Negative Income Tax Experiments of the 1970s," Exploring the Basic Income Guarantee, in: Malcolm Torry (ed.), The Palgrave International Handbook of Basic Income, chapter 0, pages 303-318, Palgrave Macmillan.
  11. Karl Widerquist, 2018. "Claims That Can’t Be Tested with Available Techniques," Exploring the Basic Income Guarantee, in: A Critical Analysis of Basic Income Experiments for Researchers, Policymakers, and Citizens, chapter 0, pages 109-114, Palgrave Macmillan.
  12. Karl Widerquist, 2018. "The Practical Impossibility of Testing UBI," Exploring the Basic Income Guarantee, in: A Critical Analysis of Basic Income Experiments for Researchers, Policymakers, and Citizens, chapter 0, pages 37-42, Palgrave Macmillan.
  13. Karl Widerquist, 2018. "The Bottom Line," Exploring the Basic Income Guarantee, in: A Critical Analysis of Basic Income Experiments for Researchers, Policymakers, and Citizens, chapter 0, pages 93-98, Palgrave Macmillan.
  14. Karl Widerquist, 2018. "Testing Difficulties," Exploring the Basic Income Guarantee, in: A Critical Analysis of Basic Income Experiments for Researchers, Policymakers, and Citizens, chapter 0, pages 27-35, Palgrave Macmillan.
  15. Karl Widerquist, 2018. "Why Have an Experiment at All?," Exploring the Basic Income Guarantee, in: A Critical Analysis of Basic Income Experiments for Researchers, Policymakers, and Citizens, chapter 0, pages 141-144, Palgrave Macmillan.
  16. Karl Widerquist, 2018. "The Vulnerability of Experimental Findings to Misunderstanding, Misuse, Spin, and the Streetlight Effect," Exploring the Basic Income Guarantee, in: A Critical Analysis of Basic Income Experiments for Researchers, Policymakers, and Citizens, chapter 0, pages 77-85, Palgrave Macmillan.
  17. Karl Widerquist, 2018. "BIG Experiments of the 1970s and the Public Reaction to Them," Exploring the Basic Income Guarantee, in: A Critical Analysis of Basic Income Experiments for Researchers, Policymakers, and Citizens, chapter 0, pages 43-55, Palgrave Macmillan.
  18. Karl Widerquist, 2018. "Identifying Important Empirical Claims in the UBI Debate," Exploring the Basic Income Guarantee, in: A Critical Analysis of Basic Income Experiments for Researchers, Policymakers, and Citizens, chapter 0, pages 99-104, Palgrave Macmillan.
  19. Karl Widerquist, 2018. "Current, Planned, and Proposed Experiments, 2014–Present," Exploring the Basic Income Guarantee, in: A Critical Analysis of Basic Income Experiments for Researchers, Policymakers, and Citizens, chapter 0, pages 61-70, Palgrave Macmillan.
  20. Karl Widerquist, 2018. "Claims That Can Be Tested but Only Partially, Indirectly, or Inconclusively," Exploring the Basic Income Guarantee, in: A Critical Analysis of Basic Income Experiments for Researchers, Policymakers, and Citizens, chapter 0, pages 115-129, Palgrave Macmillan.
  21. Karl Widerquist, 2018. "Why UBI Experiments Cannot Resolve Much of the Public Disagreement About UBI," Exploring the Basic Income Guarantee, in: A Critical Analysis of Basic Income Experiments for Researchers, Policymakers, and Citizens, chapter 0, pages 87-91, Palgrave Macmillan.
  22. Karl Widerquist, 2018. "Introduction," Exploring the Basic Income Guarantee, in: A Critical Analysis of Basic Income Experiments for Researchers, Policymakers, and Citizens, chapter 0, pages 1-14, Palgrave Macmillan.
  23. Karl Widerquist, 2018. "New Experimental Findings 2008–2013," Exploring the Basic Income Guarantee, in: A Critical Analysis of Basic Income Experiments for Researchers, Policymakers, and Citizens, chapter 0, pages 57-59, Palgrave Macmillan.
  24. Karl Widerquist, 2018. "Overcoming Spin, Sensationalism, Misunderstanding, and the Streetlight Effect," Exploring the Basic Income Guarantee, in: A Critical Analysis of Basic Income Experiments for Researchers, Policymakers, and Citizens, chapter 0, pages 145-149, Palgrave Macmillan.
  25. Karl Widerquist, 2018. "From the Dream Test to Good Tests Within Feasible Budgets," Exploring the Basic Income Guarantee, in: A Critical Analysis of Basic Income Experiments for Researchers, Policymakers, and Citizens, chapter 0, pages 131-139, Palgrave Macmillan.
  26. Karl Widerquist, 2018. "Claims That Don’t Need a Test," Exploring the Basic Income Guarantee, in: A Critical Analysis of Basic Income Experiments for Researchers, Policymakers, and Citizens, chapter 0, pages 105-108, Palgrave Macmillan.
  27. Karl Widerquist, 2018. "The Political Economy of the Decision to Have a UBI Experiment," Exploring the Basic Income Guarantee, in: A Critical Analysis of Basic Income Experiments for Researchers, Policymakers, and Citizens, chapter 0, pages 71-75, Palgrave Macmillan.
  28. Karl Widerquist, 2018. "Available Testing Techniques," Exploring the Basic Income Guarantee, in: A Critical Analysis of Basic Income Experiments for Researchers, Policymakers, and Citizens, chapter 0, pages 19-25, Palgrave Macmillan.
  29. Karl Widerquist, 2018. "Universal Basic Income and Its More Testable Sibling, the Negative Income Tax," Exploring the Basic Income Guarantee, in: A Critical Analysis of Basic Income Experiments for Researchers, Policymakers, and Citizens, chapter 0, pages 15-18, Palgrave Macmillan.
  30. Karl Widerquist, 2013. "Status Freedom as Effective Control Self-Ownership," Exploring the Basic Income Guarantee, in: Independence, Propertylessness, and Basic Income, chapter 0, pages 25-50, Palgrave Macmillan.
  31. Karl Widerquist, 2013. "The Importance of Independence I: Framing the Issue," Exploring the Basic Income Guarantee, in: Independence, Propertylessness, and Basic Income, chapter 0, pages 73-89, Palgrave Macmillan.
  32. Karl Widerquist, 2013. "On Duty," Exploring the Basic Income Guarantee, in: Independence, Propertylessness, and Basic Income, chapter 0, pages 171-186, Palgrave Macmillan.
  33. Karl Widerquist, 2013. "Conclusion," Exploring the Basic Income Guarantee, in: Independence, Propertylessness, and Basic Income, chapter 0, pages 187-191, Palgrave Macmillan.
  34. Karl Widerquist, 2013. "Prologue: The Big Casino," Exploring the Basic Income Guarantee, in: Independence, Propertylessness, and Basic Income, pages 1-8, Palgrave Macmillan.
  35. Karl Widerquist, 2013. "Forty Acres and a Mule? Implications of the Duty to Respect Personal Independence," Exploring the Basic Income Guarantee, in: Independence, Propertylessness, and Basic Income, chapter 0, pages 51-71, Palgrave Macmillan.
  36. Karl Widerquist, 2013. "What Good Is a Theory of Freedom That Allows Forced Labor? Independence and Modern Theories of Freedom," Exploring the Basic Income Guarantee, in: Independence, Propertylessness, and Basic Income, chapter 0, pages 121-143, Palgrave Macmillan.
  37. Karl Widerquist, 2013. "The Importance of Independence II: Freedom and Integrity," Exploring the Basic Income Guarantee, in: Independence, Propertylessness, and Basic Income, chapter 0, pages 91-105, Palgrave Macmillan.
  38. Karl Widerquist, 2013. "If You’re an Egalitarian, Why Do You Want to Be the Boss of the Poor? Independence and Liberal-Egalitarian Theories of Justice," Exploring the Basic Income Guarantee, in: Independence, Propertylessness, and Basic Income, chapter 0, pages 145-169, Palgrave Macmillan.
  39. Karl Widerquist, 2013. "Introduction," Exploring the Basic Income Guarantee, in: Independence, Propertylessness, and Basic Income, chapter 0, pages 9-24, Palgrave Macmillan.
  40. Karl Widerquist, 2013. "The Importance of Independence III: Market Vulnerability," Exploring the Basic Income Guarantee, in: Independence, Propertylessness, and Basic Income, chapter 0, pages 107-120, Palgrave Macmillan.
  41. 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?," Exploring the Basic Income Guarantee, in: Karl Widerquist & Michael W. Howard (ed.), Exporting the Alaska Model, chapter 0, pages 169-180, Palgrave Macmillan.
  42. Karl Widerquist, 2012. "A Permanent Endowment for the United States," Exploring the Basic Income Guarantee, in: Karl Widerquist & Michael W. Howard (ed.), Exporting the Alaska Model, chapter 0, pages 163-167, Palgrave Macmillan.
  43. Karl Widerquist & Michael W. Howard, 2012. "Conclusion: Lessons from the Alaska Model," Exploring the Basic Income Guarantee, in: Karl Widerquist & Michael W. Howard (ed.), Alaska’s Permanent Fund Dividend, chapter 0, pages 221-227, Palgrave Macmillan.
  44. Karl Widerquist, 2012. "Citizens’ Capital Accounts: A Proposal," Exploring the Basic Income Guarantee, in: Karl Widerquist & Michael W. Howard (ed.), Exporting the Alaska Model, chapter 0, pages 183-203, Palgrave Macmillan.
  45. Michael W. Howard & Karl Widerquist, 2012. "Why Link Basic Income to Resource Taxation?," Exploring the Basic Income Guarantee, in: Karl Widerquist & Michael W. Howard (ed.), Alaska’s Permanent Fund Dividend, chapter 0, pages 205-218, Palgrave Macmillan.
  46. Karl Widerquist, 2012. "Reply to Comments," Exploring the Basic Income Guarantee, in: Karl Widerquist & Michael W. Howard (ed.), Exporting the Alaska Model, chapter 0, pages 233-240, Palgrave Macmillan.
  47. Karl Widerquist & Michael W. Howard, 2012. "Exporting an Idea," Exploring the Basic Income Guarantee, in: Karl Widerquist & Michael W. Howard (ed.), Exporting the Alaska Model, chapter 0, pages 3-14, Palgrave Macmillan.
  48. Karl Widerquist & Michael W. Howard, 2012. "Introduction: Success in Alaska," Exploring the Basic Income Guarantee, in: Karl Widerquist & Michael W. Howard (ed.), Alaska’s Permanent Fund Dividend, chapter 0, pages 3-11, Palgrave Macmillan.
  49. Karl Widerquist & Michael W. Howard, 2012. "Critical Reflections on the Future of Alaska’s Permanent Fund and Dividend," Exploring the Basic Income Guarantee, in: Karl Widerquist & Michael W. Howard (ed.), Alaska’s Permanent Fund Dividend, chapter 0, pages 115-119, Palgrave Macmillan.
  50. Karl Widerquist & Michael W. Howard, 2012. "The Alaska Model as a Menu of Options," Exploring the Basic Income Guarantee, in: Karl Widerquist & Michael W. Howard (ed.), Exporting the Alaska Model, chapter 0, pages 243-251, Palgrave Macmillan.

Books

  1. Karl Widerquist, 2023. "The Problem of Property," Exploring the Basic Income Guarantee, Palgrave Macmillan, number 978-3-031-21948-1.
  2. Karl Widerquist, 2018. "A Critical Analysis of Basic Income Experiments for Researchers, Policymakers, and Citizens," Exploring the Basic Income Guarantee, Palgrave Macmillan, number 978-3-030-03849-6.
  3. Karl Widerquist, 2013. "Independence, Propertylessness, and Basic Income," Exploring the Basic Income Guarantee, Palgrave Macmillan, number 978-1-137-31309-6.
  4. Karl Widerquist & Michael W. Howard (ed.), 2012. "Alaska’s Permanent Fund Dividend," Exploring the Basic Income Guarantee, Palgrave Macmillan, number 978-1-137-01502-0.
  5. Karl Widerquist & Michael W. Howard (ed.), 2012. "Exporting the Alaska Model," Exploring the Basic Income Guarantee, Palgrave Macmillan, number 978-1-137-03165-5.

Editorship

  1. Exploring the Basic Income Guarantee, Palgrave Macmillan.

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