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If you work in a large organisation, public or private, you’ll probably sigh knowingly at this story, especially as we begin the new financial year. For many, it’s evaluation time. What are my strengths? How can I add value to the corporation? For Paul Verhaeghe this ideology – what American writer William Whyte called organisation men – led him to ask if the free market was also undermining our religious and ethical values. Paul Verhaeghe, professor of psychoanalysis at the University of Ghent in Belgium, discusses his latest book, What About Me? The Struggle for Identity in a Market-Based Society.