Hayek endorsed free trade while opposing open borders as politically dangerous.

Evidence

Although Hayek hoped humanity would continue ‘gradually to approach’ a scenario in which the same rules applied to all humans, he warned that the attempt to realise this by allowing the free movement of people would re-awaken nationalist sentiments and set back the cause of freedom. While trade should be free to cross borders, the free movement of people remained an ‘ultimate ideal’ which should not be pursued impatiently. — Jessica Whyte, The Morals of the Market, 492

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to the broader debate on whether free-market thinkers necessarily support free migration; echoes positions in contemporary open-borders vs. welfare-state discussions. — connects to: Hayek publicly defended self-limiting dictatorships as possibly more liberal than unrestrained democracy — Philip Mirowski & Dieter Plehwe (eds.), The Road from Mont Pèlerin: The Making…, 2151

Broader Connections

• Hayek publicly defended self-limiting dictatorships as possibly more liberal than unrestrained democracy #corroborates (0.72) — Philip Mirowski & Dieter Plehwe (eds.), The Road from Mont Pèlerin, 2151