There is a consensus, and in social sciences like economics, consensus absolutely matters because universal truths do not exist. And no, the incentives of acad

There is a consensus, and in social sciences like economics, consensus absolutely matters because universal truths do not exist. 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.