Will at Ordinary Gentlemen is willing "to accept the consensus view of specialists in most fields" barring "real evidence of systematic bias or incompetence." He asks:
Why don’t we accord the same level of deference to economists? Shouldn’t the pro-free trade consensus within the field of economics be as bullet-proof as belief in global warming? It’s not a partisan issue in my opinion, the best introduction to the benefits of international trade was written by Paul Krugman. And the strength of the pro-free trade consensus in economics is at least as robust as the consensus view among climatologists. There are a few high profile dissenters, but those exist in every field, including climatology.
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