From this perspective, political intervention that sought to restrain or compensate for the results of the market would lead to coercion and conflict. Echoing this perspective, Bauer argued that, if successful, Third World demands for 'wealth transfers' would result in 'the spread of totalitarian government and a further erosion of the position of the West'. These results would be greatly exacerbated if international redistribution was combined with egalitarian domestic measures, as equality could only be achieved through 'an immense extension of the use of the coercive power of governments over individuals' in order to homogenise the diversity of existing nations and individuals.

Jessica Whyte, The Morals of the Market, loc. 435