The Peter Principle Author:Dr. Laurence J. Peter and Raymond Hull The Peter Principle - Why Things Always Go Wrong — It tell why incompetence is no mistake in any area of human endeavor -- why schools do not bestow wisdom, why governments cannot maintain order, why courts do not dispense justice, why prosperity fails to produce happiness, why Utopian plans never generate Utopias... — The Peter Principle "has str... more »uck a throbbing public nerve... a minor cultural phenomenon and its title phrase, like Parkinson's Law, is certain to enter the language." LIFE« less