Economists agree on more than you think.

On about three out of four questions, more than half the panel takes the same side.

0.60 0.70 0.80 0.90 1.00 0.40 ↓ contested 0.50 ↑ panel has a confident answer 0.75 ↑ overwhelming consensus unanimous 3-way diffuse Herfindahl-Hirschman Index (HHI) ← MOST DIVIDED MOST UNITED → 629 questions, sorted by panel agreement (any direction) 10%ile · AI risks are best assessed by deploying it 25%ile · Pay for human kidneys 50%ile · $15 federal min wage 78%ile · NYC/SF rent control hurt housing 90%ile · NAFTA makes Americans better off 99%ile · Index funds beat stock-picking low concentration high concentration

Data: Kent A. Clark Center for Global Markets (IGM Forum), 558 surveys 2011–2026. Direction-blind consensus metric: HHI = share_agree² + share_uncertain² + share_disagree² (1.0 = unanimous; 0.33 = perfectly diffuse three-way split). Hover any column for the question; click opens the source poll.