Hayek’s distinctive skill was coalition-building sensitivity rather than Mill-style openness

Evidence

We are claiming here that Hayek was especially sensitive to the interpersonal dynamics of building political coalitions in a way that many of the stalwarts of the Chicago School were not, and not that he was especially open to diversity of thought as a sine qua non of a liberal position, as was the case with, say, John Stuart Mill. — Philip Mirowski & Dieter Plehwe (eds.), The Road from Mont Pèlerin, 853

Categorization

• DEFINE: Distinguishes coalition-building tact from intellectual openness to diverse thought, two confusable traits.
• XREF: Extends the Milgrom law-merchant discussion about how coalitions form under divergent participants; also relates to network formation in the Mont Pelerin story. — connects to: Hayek’s public image was constructed by political appropriation, not his own text — Angus Burgin, The Great Persuasion: Reinventing Free…, 228; Hayek founded MPS to build a worldview insulated from immediate policy pressures — Angus Burgin, The Great Persuasion: Reinventing Free…, 307; Hayek believed durable intellectual movements require cross-disciplinary transnational support networks — Angus Burgin, The Great Persuasion: Reinventing Free…, 238 (+6 more)