True dat. Economics has a number of reformers, in endless battle with an elite who make their names and fortunes by telling power what it wants to hear (and dressing it up with shamanistic differential equations to give the appearance of credibility).

This. In spades.

J.K. Galbraith (an economist himself) has claimed largely the same himself, and he's hardly the only one (within the field).

(Update) Some examples: https://unlearningeconomics.wordpress.com/tag/economists/

Except for Stiglitz, Borjas, Piketty, etc.