Milo Minderbinder

Milo Minderbinder, fictional character, a black marketer in the satiric World War II novel Catch-22 by American writer Joseph Heller. Minderbinder, who equates profit with patriotism, exploits his connections as a U.S. Army lieutenant and mess officer to amass personal power and wealth. Corrupt and single-mindedly devoted to his profit margin, he eventually sells to all interested parties individual shares in an international syndicate over which he gains control. Eventually, he becomes the mayor of...