François Quesnay: Social Classes in a "Rich Agricultural Kingdom"
Adam Smith: "Progress of Opulence" and an Implicit Theory of Income Distribution
The Ricardian Windfall: David Ricardo and the Absence of the Equity-Efficiency Trade-off
Karl Marx: The Decreasing Rate of Profit, but Constant Pressure on Labor Incomes
Vilfredo Pareto: From Classes to Individuals
Simon Kuznets: Inequality during Modernization
The Long Eclipse of Inequality Studies during the Cold War.