To what degree do economists disagree about key economic questions? To provide evidence, we make use of the responses … to a series of questions posed to a distinguished panel of economists put together by the Chicago School of Business …, other than men being slightly more likely to express an opinion. These differences are idiosyncratic, with no support for …

As economists increasingly help governments design new policies and regulations, they take on an added responsibility … models gives us very little theoretical guidance on what (and how) details will matter. This essay argues that economists …

relationships with empirical differences-of-opinion proxies are consistent with the model …