Joe Williams
Academic and author of Inequality in the Digital Economy: The Case for a Universal Basic Income (Palgrave Macmillan, 2024), researching the social and economic effects of digital markets and advocating for UBI as part of broader social policy reform.
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Feb 21, 2026 • 50min
Joe Williams, "Inequality in the Digital Economy: The Case for a Universal Basic Income" (Palgrave Macmillan, 2024)
Joe Williams, an academic studying digital markets and author on UBI, discusses how the digital economy concentrates power and reshapes work. He explains what a universal basic income would look like and why it could reframe social security. Conversations cover environmental limits, the meaning of work, and realistic, incremental paths to implementing UBI.
