 These figures were selected in response to the aforementioned historical research on neoliberalism. Biebricher (2018: 2) identifies all three figures as neoliberals, though he also counts Europe-focused “ordoliberals”, specifically Walter Eucken, Wilhelm Röpke, and Alexander Rustow, as neoliberals. Slobodian (2018: 268) identifies Friedman, Hayek, and Buchanan as neoliberals, though he also includes the arguably libertarian Ludwig von  Mises,[1]  and a long litany of ordoliberals; he also focuses his analysis on what he calls “Geneva school neoliberalism”, where a great deal of neoliberal thought about global institutions was  focused.[2]  Whyte (2019: 31) focuses more on Hayek and Friedman than Buchanan, but she includes them in a larger cast of characters. So, while Hayek, Friedman, and Buchanan are not the only neoliberals, they are central to the new historical analysis. And by focusing on their thought, we not only ease the burden of analysis, but provide space to focus on neoliberal ideas as crafted by their most reflective and insightful proponents. Further, other neoliberals said much less about their philosophical commitments, so we have less material to work with. Perhaps the relative silence of other neoliberals makes it harder to justify using Hayek, Friedman, and Buchanan to represent them, but their shared political alliances and policies demonstrate substantial  overlap.[3]