A Tenured Professor (1990) is a satirical novel by Canadian/American economist and Professor Emeritus at Harvard John Kenneth Galbraith about a liberal university teacher who sets out to change American society by making money and then using it for the public good. Set at Harvard mainly during the Reagan administration, the plot and all the characters that appear in the story are entirely fictitious. See also: 1989 in literature, other events of 1990, 1991 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Satire is a literary technique of writing or art which exposes the follies of its subject (for example, individuals, organizations, or states) to ridicule, often as an intended means of provoking or preventing change. ... Daniel Defoes Robinson Crusoe; title page of 1719 newspaper edition A novel (from French nouvelle, new) is an extended fictional narrative in prose. ... Harvard University (incorporated as The President and Fellows of Harvard College) is a private university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. ... John Kenneth Galbraith, OC , Ph. ... This article discusses liberalism as a major political ideology as it developed and stands currently. ... Ronald Wilson Reagan (February 6, 1911 – June 5, 2004) was the 40th President of the United States (1981–1989) and the 33rd Governor of California (1967–1975). ...

The book chronicles the rise to fame of one Montgomery Marvin, a professor of economics who, as an academic teacher, keeps a low profile but who nevertheless is given tenure quite early in his career. While outwardly concerning himself with unspectacular research focusing on "Mathematical Paradigms in an Approach to Refrigerator Pricing" (which is also the title of his Ph.D. thesis), Marvin's extra-curricular activities centre on becoming very rich in a very short time. For that purpose, Marvin has devised a new formula -- a stock forecasting model by means of which he and his wife can cash in on people's euphoria, greed and, as they call it, dementia. Eventually, while everyone loses money in the wake of the "Black Monday" stock market crash of October 19, 1987, the Marvins gain an awful lot. (See also Michael Milken and leveraged buyout.) This image is a book cover. ... A professor (Latin: one who claims publicly to be an expert) (or prof for short) is a senior teacher, lecturer and/or researcher usually employed by a college or university. ... Buyers bargain for good prices while sellers put forth their best front in Chichicastenango Market, Guatemala. ... Tenure commonly refers to academic tenure systems, in which professors (at the university level)—and in some jurisdictions schoolteachers (at primary or secondary school levels)—are granted the right not to be dismissed without cause after an initial probationary period. ... Euphoria may refer to: A psychological state of intense good feeling, see happiness Euphoria, a pop/dance music act from the 1990s Euphoria, a psychedelic music group Euphoria, an album by Leftover Salmon Euphoria, an album by Def Leppard Euphoria programming language Euphoria, a movie directed by Brad Armstrong (Euphoria... Look up greed in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... For other senses of this word, see dementia (disambiguation). ... 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Michael Robert Milken (born July 4, 1946 in Encino, California) is a prominent American financier and philanthropist who almost single-handedly created the present-day market for High-yield or junk bonds during the 1970s. ... A leveraged buyout (or LBO, or highly-leveraged transaction (HLT), or bootstrap transaction) occurs when a financial sponsor gains control of a majority of a target companys equity through the use of borrowed money or debt. ...

They decide to spend their money wisely, according to their liberal agenda. Intent on strictly observing the code of business ethics, they start to make use of the "positive power of wealth" and embark on a life of philanthropy. They fund a number of chairs in peace studies to be established at, of all places, military academies. They also enforce legislation by which companies are required to label their products according to the percentage of female executives employed by them. After they have launched several of their projects, their operations are increasingly considered un-American and officially put under surveillance. But whatever will happen - Marvin knows that he will be able to nourish his family as he has been accorded tenure. Business ethics is a form of applied ethics that examines ethical rules and principles within a commercial context; the various moral or ethical problems that can arise in a business setting; and any special duties or obligations that apply to persons who are engaged in commerce. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Widely-recognized peace symbol Peace is commonly understood to mean the Other definitions include freedom from disputes, harmonious relations and the absence of mental stress or anxiety, as the meaning of the word changes with context. ...

A Tenured Professor was republished as paperback by Houghton Mifflin in 2001 (ISBN 0618154558). Paperback may refer to a kind of book binding by which papers are simply folded without cloth or leather and bound - usually with glue rather than stitches or staples - into a thick paper cover; or to a book with this type of binding. ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ...

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• Another satire on human greed and on capitalism in general is Terry Southern's 1959 novel The Magic Christian.
• Henry Adams's novel Democracy (1880) also deals with political corruption and possible threats to American democracy.
• Under the nom de plume of Marshall Jevons, U.S. professors of economics William Breit and Kenneth G. Elzinga have written three mystery books, Murder at the Margin, The Fatal Equilibrium, and A Deadly Indifference. The protagonist of these novels is Henry Spearman, who relies on economic thinking to solve crimes.
• For a depiction of the world of academe, see also the list of books at School and university in literature.