In 1979, the Friedmans could confidently claim that, in the absence of government-mandated discrimination (for example, the South’s segregationist Jim Crow laws), the market economy would produce a sufficiently egalitarian distribution of income. After all, it had appeared to do so – at least for those who did not suffer from legal discrimination or its legacies – for the entire post-WWII era.
第三个也是最重要的一个结论便是诺阿新书的标题《大分化》。1979年，弗里德曼夫妇自信满满地定论道，没有政府指令的歧视（比如南方种族歧视法案法案Jim Crow法），市场经济会形成充分平等的收入分配。毕竟，在整个二战后时代便是如此——至少对那些未受法律歧视（及其遗留伤害）者是如此。