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Karl Widerquist

Political theorist and basic-income scholar; co-editor of the standard scholarly volume examining Alaska's Permanent Fund Dividend as a model for resource-rent-funded basic income.

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First entry2026-07-05
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Overview

Karl Widerquist is a political theorist and one of the basic-income movement's most prolific scholars. For this wiki he matters chiefly as co-editor (with Michael W. Howard) of Alaska's Permanent Fund Dividend: Examining Its Suitability as a Model (Palgrave Macmillan, 2012) — the standard scholarly examination of the Alaska Permanent Fund dividend as a template for a citizen's dividend, and a key source for the political-durability lesson carried on resource-rent dividends work.[1] He has also written for popular Georgist outlets on exporting the Alaska model.[2]

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  1. Karl Widerquist & Michael W. Howard (eds.), Alaska's Permanent Fund Dividend: Examining Its Suitability as a Model, Palgrave Macmillan, 2012. DOI — used for his editorial role and the volume's subject (A-claims).
  2. Karl Widerquist, "Exporting the Alaska Model," progress.org. Article — used for his advocacy writing (A-claim). [VERIFY: fetch blocked this session — surfaced via site survey; confirm on direct read.]