Over 60% of macro papers published are empirical. Hell, that article you linked includes the phrase "carefully assembled evidence." https://www.aeaweb.org/rese

Over 60% of macro papers published are empirical. Hell, that article you linked includes the phrase "carefully assembled evidence." https://www.aeaweb.org/research/charts/an-empirical-turn-in-economics-research https://www.aeaweb.org/research/charts/an-empirical-turn-in-...