This paper is about economists, their views and their level of consensus on economic policy. Surveying a representative sample of Italian academic economists we show that: (1) economists substantially disagree on both the causes of the Italian economic slowdown and on the most effective policies for a recovery; (2) in spite of the low level of consensus, they do not express polar views; (3) they are largely positive on policies but not on the causes of the Italian economic difficulties. Then we regress individual’s economic policy opinions on a set of covariates: individual characteristics, individual specific information about the Italian economy, individual interpretation of the causes of the Italian difficulties, individual research field and methodological approach, individual political/value opinions. While the first two groups of covariates are not systematically related to individual stance on policies, the last three groups are. In particular, the level of pro-market orientation matters in proposals receiving a high consensus.