Hayek supported civil rights legislation while Friedman opposed it

Evidence

His views were indicative of the degree to which he trusted markets to solve even the most apparently intractable and morally abhorrent social problems. His unqualifi ed confi dence in the ameliorative capacities of the market was not shared by Hayek, who, despite some reservations about the coercive aspects of the fairemployment clause and the public accommodation clause, expressed sympathy for what he otherwise regarded as a “highly desirable” civil rights bill. — Angus Burgin, The Great Persuasion, 510

Categorization

• XREF: Contrasts the two MPS founders’ differing views on state coercion vs. markets, relevant to the reader’s general interest in the MPS milieu’s internal diversity.