Worthwhile read, but an unfamiliar version of 'professor' today, I'd say. ( )

This quote about sums it up: "Tenure was originally invented to protect radical professors, those who challenged the accepted order. But we don't have such people anymore at the universities, and the reason is tenure. When time comes to grant it nowadays, the radicals get screened out. That's its principal function. It's a very good system, really -- keeps academic life at a decent level of tranquillity." ( )

Pros: interesting attempts from Galbraith if you read him; some sense of familiarity points if you are academic
Cons: quite dull; eccentric at places; don't like what the character did after getting rich; lack of a central message ( )