On Jordan Peterson

‘So they build up hypotheses that collapse on top of one another, it’s human, a lobster couldn’t do it.’ —Samuel Beckett.1 N.B.—This piece was originally written in 2021 and some…

Though he may signify his expertise via interior decoration more than academic publication,1 Jordan Peterson presents himself as an expert on the psychology of totalitarian regimes. A negative fascination with…

‘I feel like there’s so much potential in all of us.’ —Kanye West. Beyond his ante-fascist duality, Peterson holds another contradiction within. Every day for over 30 years, this self-professed…

You may have never heard of human capital theory. Nevertheless, it has probably affected your history, your being. It has colonised your future. Warped your potential. During the 20th century,…

Human capital is a troubling idea. ‘If capital exploits labour,’ Becker once asked as he probed his theory, ‘does human capital exploit labour too—in other words, do some workers exploit…

Human capital theory has refashioned our world. To pervert one economist’s words, ‘to omit human capital when studying American ideology is like trying to explain Soviet ideology without Marx.’1 Given…

In 2019, Jordan Peterson partnered with the Acton School of Business to offer an MBA programme aligned with his ‘philosophy.’ The programme had ambitious aims. The MBA sought to train…

In The Road to Serfdom, a founding text of neoliberal ideology, Friedrich Hayek famously argued that individual liberty, embodied in the unrestricted participation in free, capitalist markets, was the best…

‘What does the healthy and socially adapted individual do when the custom he holds dear is challenged? He demonizes the enemy, as prime threat to his “identity,” and goes to…