The post-World War II Chicago School of Aaron Director and Milton Friedman reimagined a new (neo) liberalism that treated economic liberties and the free market as the greatest defense of political rights. The government, and democracy, were more often than not barriers to economic liberties. The United States continues to suffer from neoliberalism’s prescriptions, and addressing the concerns of today’s populist movements will mean rediscovering ideas of freedom that the Chicago School denigrated, writes Robert Van Horn.