Near the beginning of this semester, in my macro
principles class, we were talking about all the reasons why economists might
disagree. Belief in different theories or methodologies, differing
interpretations of evidence, and differences in values or priorities: these
pretty much capture everything, I think, although you could elaborate on each
of these and delineate subcategories. During this discussion, one of my
students asked, "So, in economics, is everything debatable?"