Introduction to Universal Basic Income

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Karl Widerquist. Universal Basic Income: Essential Knowledge, Boston: Massachusetts Institute of Technology Press (2024)
UBI is the farthest thing from something for nothing. Karl Widerquist speaks at the 2020 Basic Income March in New Orleans, Humanity First Movement Louisiana YouTube Channel, recorded September 19, 2020, posted September 20, 2020
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, 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 and Allan Sheahen, September 3, 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
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 “A BIG Idea: A Minimum Income Guarantee,” Multinational Monitor, Volume 30, No. 3, May/Jun 2009
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 “The Basic Income Guarantee,” Synthesis/Regeneration 26, Fall 2001

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The New Abnormal [podcast] (audio interview). By Danielle Moodie and Andy Levy, iHeart Radio, June 25, 2024 (Widerquist interview begins at 35:43).
Book Launch: Universal Basic Income: Essential Knowledge. Panel Discussion with Ian Almond, Anjana Jacob, Gabor Scheiring, and Karl Widerquist. Moderated by Danyel Reiche. Posted by Georgetown University-Qatar and by YouTube, 1 October 2024
Understanding Universal Basic Income Karl Widerquist. By Ching Juhl, Juhl Media [YouTube Channel], October 23, 2024
An interview with Karl Widerquist, “Universal Basic Income.” By Stephen Pimpare, the New Books in Public Policy Podcast, posted March 22, 2024.Available on most podcast-streaming platforms including Spotify.
Dr. Karl Widerquist says we need Universal Basic Income now. By Dr. Al Scott, the Rational View (podcast), Episode 189. March 23, 2024. Available on Spotify, PodBean, and Apple Podcasts.
Canadians with Disabilities & their Allies – Karl Widerquist. Interview by Patricia Scrafield. Neil Matheson YouTube Channel, October 24, 2022
The Universal Basic Income Debate (video). By Petar Josic (host) and Marco Annunziata and Karl Widerquist (debators), Digi-Debates, Aug 13, 2020
Debunking the UBI Myths (video). By Jon Munitz, the Hill of Roses, August 11, 2020
Universal Basic Income: the power to say ‘no’ for everyone, OpenDemocracy, Dec 1, 2019
Universal Basic Income–For or Against? A Debate between Karl Widerquist and Oren Cass (video). Moderated by Charles Wheelen. October 30, 2019, The Rockefeller Center and the Political Economy Project of Dartmouth College
Karl Widerquist: The Basic Income Episode (audio). Interview by Oshan Jarow, the Musing Mind Podcast, November 11, 2019
Karl Widerquist Speech at the UBI March in New York, 2019, Juhl Media, Oct 29, 2019
Basic Income: Favorite Argument in 21 Seconds – Karl Widerquist, UBIVisuals, YouTube, Oct 31, 2018
We don’t have freedom without Basic Income. Karl Widerquist, UBIVisuals, YouTube, Nov. 12, 2018
Karl Widerquist PhD, video interview. By Armando F Sanchez, YouTube, August 10, 2016