The two "neoliberals" identified in this article are Hayek and Friedman. Hayek absolutely did not believe that his "quantitive and theoretical lens" counts as

The two "neoliberals" identified in this article are Hayek and Friedman. Hayek absolutely did not believe that his "quantitive and theoretical lens" counts as scientific. Apart from economics he's known as an opponent of scientism. I don't believe Friedman believed his theories to be scientific either.