Bastiat, Frederic, Economic Harmonies, Chapter 14

Surprisingly early description of wages as providing insurance as compared to the risky returns of business owners, who, as residual income claimants, guarantee the employees a consistent wage in exchange for the owners' shouldering the risks. See also Brief Review of this book.

Bastable, Charles F., Public Finance

Brief Review

Clark, John Bates, The Distribution of Wealth. The definitive classic on the marginal product of labor.

Brief Review

Newcomb, Simon, The A B C of Finance. The effects of inflation on wage contracts.

Brief Review

Wicksteed, Philip H., The Common Sense of Political Economy. In particular, Book I, Chapters 5,8,9, and Book II, Chapters 5-6.

Brief Review