Jordan Peterson on 12 Rules for Life

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🗓️ 19 February 2018

⏱️ 78 minutes

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Jordan Peterson, author of 12 Rules for Life, talks about the book with EconTalk host Russ Roberts. Topics covered include parenting, conversation, the role of literature in everyday life, and the relationship between sacrificial rites and trade.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Econ Talk, part of the Library of Economics and Liberty.
0:08.0	I'm your host, Russ Roberts of Stanford University's Hoover Institution.
0:12.6	Our website is econtalk.org where you can subscribe, comment on this podcast, and find
0:17.6	links and other information related to today's conversation.
0:20.5	We'll also find our archives where you can listen to every episode we've ever done going
0:24.8	back to 2006.
0:27.0	Our email address is mailadycontalk.org.
0:29.0	We'd love to hear from you.
0:31.0	Today is January 25th, 2018.
0:35.4	My guest is psychologist author and internet phenomenon, Jordan Peterson of the University
0:40.4	of Toronto.
0:41.6	His latest book is 12 Rules for Life and Antidote to Chaos, which is the subject of today's
0:48.1	conversation.
0:49.1	Jordan, welcome to Econ Talk.
0:50.8	Thanks very much for the invitation.
0:53.5	Your book is very extraordinary.
0:56.7	It may be the only self-help book that combines the Bible, Nietzsche, Dossiewski, Jung, and
1:01.5	a lot of Jordan Peterson.
1:03.2	I found it provocative, inspiring, sometimes frustrating.
1:06.6	We'll get to that, I hope.
1:08.0	And I hope we'll also get to some broader issues outside the book as well of time permits.
1:11.6	I want to start with happiness.
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