In a rejoinder to the common assumption that market advocates were allies of big business and the wealthy, Friedman was careful to emphasize the injurious effects of the po liti cal pro cess on consumers, the uneducated, and the poor. The implicit conclusion was that more or less everyone— even those commonly criticized by the Right for benefi ting at the expense of others— was harmed when the government intervened.

Angus Burgin, The Great Persuasion, loc. 482