Political philosopher & economist focused on distributive justice. Writes about Basic Income; the ethics of poverty, freedom, inequality, & other stuff. Works at Georgetown-Qatar. Lives in New Orleans. Website: Widerquist.com, email [email protected] .. more
Political philosopher & economist focused on distributive justice. Writes about Basic Income; the ethics of poverty, freedom, inequality, & other stuff. Works at Georgetown-Qatar. Lives in New Orleans. Website: Widerquist.com, email [email protected]
Karl Widerquist 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. .. more
