It’s only controversial because most economists are basically capitalist lapdogs who hiss like a vampire at even slightly critical of neoliberalism. If you’ve ever taken an economics course shit’s basically just neoliberal propaganda with the sprinkling of rebranded marxism. You’ll feel dumb because nothing makes sense but it’s not that you don’t get it, it’s because they’re full of shit. The few that do push through the bs end up getting groomed into the system and continue the cycle for the next generation. The rest either quit or pick up Kapital and learn real economics, then you’ll realize that wow, economics is actually really easy when it’s logically consistent and not cloaking evil slaver ideology.