Bad philosophy by economists: the case of Greg Mankiw

Philosopher Chris Bertram (Bristol) writes:

I wonder whether readers of your blog wouldn't be interested in reading the Chair of the Harvard Economics Department's laughably sophomoric attempt at political philosophy:

http://gregmankiw.blogspot.co.uk/2013/06/defending-one-percent.html

It is surely a great embarrassment to the economics profession that one of their leading journals publishes such a piece. Not only is the standard of argument lamentable, but the failure to reference Nozick might be considered an academic offence if this were an undergraduate essay (and would certainly draw adverse comment from a competent teacher).