> "It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends upon his not understanding it." -- Upton Sinclair
Ah, so you're in the "reject science" camp. Gotcha.
Ah, so you're in the "reject science" camp. Gotcha.
It's additionally worth noting that a) there is not a consensus, and b) consensus is not part of the scientific method.
And no, the incentives of academic economists are not aligned with industry like is claimed. If that were true, the majority of academic economists would not be Keynesian welfare-state supporting democrats like they currently are in the US.