If you were interested in Stephen Marglin's book on how Economics undermines community then the following attack of it recently published in Science is worth reading.
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The final line gives a hint as to the direction of the argument.
"I note in closing that the lead dust-jacket blurb for this volume was provided by the noted economist and social theorist Bianca Jagger (sic). Whatever was Harvard University Press thinking?"
Weintraubs critique is difficult to fully parse. He is mostly suggesting that Marglin just hasnt read enough about the history of economic thought to build up a proper argument and thus has presented in his book an oversimplified and static account of economics when in fact the development of economics contains many layers.
It would be good to see someone actually attack also the core premise that economics undermines community. There is a large literature on whether studying or working in economics leads one to be more selfish and the results are not nearly as conclusive as some people believe. See, for example the reference below. However, it is a different question as to whether the focus on individuals as being responsive to monetary incentives as opposed to ethical systems can undermine institutions. Its not a trivial idea and it would be good to see a full critique by an economist who disagrees with Marglin's core premise rather than the methodology.
Frey and Meier, 2003 B.S. Frey and S. Meier, Are political economists selfish and indoctrinated? Evidence from a natural experiment, Economic Inquiry 41 (3) (2003), pp. 448–462. Full Text via CrossRef View Record in Scopus Cited By in Scopus (15)
Frey et al., 1993 B.S. Frey, W.W. Pommmerehne and B. Gygi, Economic indoctrination or selection? Some empirical results, Journal of Economic Education 24 (1993), pp. 271–281. Full Text via CrossRef
PS He references the following book that sounds very worth reading
W. O. Coleman, "Economics and Its Enemies: Two Centuries of Anti-Economics (Palgrave Macmillan, New York, 2002)."
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