That's not entirely true. If you look at something like the Economics Experts Panel: http://www.igmchicago.org/igm-economic-experts-panel http://www.igmchicago.

That's not entirely true. If you look at something like the Economics Experts Panel: http://www.igmchicago.org/igm-economic-experts-panel http://www.igmchicago.org/igm-economic-experts-panel, some issues are divisive, some have broad consensus and most are in between. We tend to only hear about the divisive ones though because those are the only ones that actually make news.