{"product_id":"9780062359490","title":"The Peter Principle: Why Things Always Go Wrong","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe classic #1 \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestseller that answers the age-old question\u003cbr\u003eWhy is incompetence so maddeningly rampant and so vexingly triumphant?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Peter Principle, the eponymous law Dr. Laurence J. Peter coined, explains that everyone in a hierarchy—from the office intern to the CEO, from the low-level civil servant to a nation’s president—will inevitably rise to his or her level of incompetence. Dr. Peter explains why incompetence is at the root of everything we endeavor to do—why schools bestow ignorance, why governments condone anarchy, why courts dispense injustice, why prosperity causes unhappiness, and why utopian plans never generate utopias.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith the wit of Mark Twain, the psychological acuity of Sigmund Freud, and the theoretical impact of Isaac Newton, Dr. Laurence J. Peter and Raymond Hull’s \u003cem\u003eThe Peter Principle\u003c\/em\u003e brilliantly explains how incompetence and its accompanying symptoms, syndromes, and remedies define the world and the work we do in it.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47076780343536,"sku":"9780062359490","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780062359490_p0.jpg?v=1763630246","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780062359490","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}