Visions of inequality: from the French Revolution to the end of the Cold War

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.