The broad objective of this paper is to initiate through a mathematical model, the study of causes of wage inequality and relate it to choices of consumption and the technologies of production in an economy. The paper constructs a simple Heterodox Model of a closed economy, in which the consumption and the production parts are clearly separated and yet coupled through a tatonnement process. The equilibria of this process correspond directly with those of a related Arrow-Debreu model. The formulation allows us to identify the combinatorial data which link parameters of the economic system with its equilibria, in particular, the impact of consumer preferences on wages. The Heterodox model also allows the formulation and explicit construction of the consumer choice game, where individual utilities serve as the strategies with total or relative wages as the pay-offs. We illustrate, through two examples, the mathematical details of the consumer choice game. We show that consumer preferences, expressed through modified utility functions, do indeed percolate through the economy, and influences not only prices but also production and wages. Thus, consumer choice may serve as an effective tool for wage redistribution.

翻译：本文的广泛目标是通过数学模型,对工资不平等的原因进行研究,并将之与消费的选择和经济的生产技术联系起来。本文构建了一个简单的封闭经济的超正模式,其中消费和生产部分明显分离,但又通过一个通轨过程加以配合。这一过程的平衡与相关的箭头-Debreu模式的平衡直接对应。这一表述使我们能够确定将经济体系的参数与其平衡联系起来的组合数据,特别是消费者偏好对工资的影响。Heterodox模式还允许制定和明确构建消费者选择游戏,使个人公用事业作为总工资或相对工资作为报酬的策略。我们通过两个例子来说明消费者选择游戏的数学细节。我们通过修改的公用事业功能来表明消费者的偏好确实渗透到整个经济中,不仅影响价格,而且影响生产和工资。因此,消费者选择可以作为工资再分配的有效工具。