[spekcular]

For more on this, you might enjoy this survey of Pearl's work, and its relevance to economics research, by Guido Imbens: https://arxiv.org/abs/1907.07271.

It is long, but through. The conclusion is essentially that Pearl is over-hyped, though my summary does significant violence to the nuances of his argument.

[littlestymaar]

Using «the book of Why», which is a book of popular science, not an academic book, as a reference is a bit troubling though.

[spekcular]

A significant number of Pearl's works are cited, not just that one. (See the references section.)