The Wage · the opening sequence
About the Opening Sequence
This edition presents three complete essays from the expanded essay edition of Numéraire, developed under the title Building The Utility. Their original plate numbers—i, viii, and ix—locate them within Volume I, The Wage.
The essays retain their original form, with epigraphs and marginal notes. The reading sequence is a selection: it moves from The Bargain to The Monopsony and then The Union. Navigation connects that sequence with the complete volume and collection.
Numéraire also contains distinct collected-volume, Margin, Quantities, and founding editions. They have their own arguments and reading sequences; they are available in the complete collection.
The texts
The type is Fraunces and Newsreader, carried forward from the original edition. The reading pages, typography, and reading-progress indicator work locally as well as on the web.