Economics is much worse than other disciplines as far as endemic conflicts of interest. The problem has more to do with companies writing up claims that serve t

Economics is much worse than other disciplines as far as endemic conflicts of interest. The problem has more to do with companies writing up claims that serve their interests and getting economists to rubber stamp them without disclosures. Economists were hotly debating among themselves whether to adopt any kind of code of ethics less than 10 years ago. The insularity of other academic fields has its drawbacks, but the kind of behavior economists have broadly engaged in is much more representative of the business world than academia, and a result of their close ties to those interests.