As the title implies, this book attempts to bring together the worlds of finance and humanities. It uses literary and other assorted media references to illustrate particular financial concepts, and argues that finance can be used for the good of humanity, despite the finance's reputation as greedy and evil.

Although I earned my degree in a social science, I find myself working in a finance-related field. I feel pretty ambivalent about my current career, and I hoped that this book might open my eyes to a perspective I hadn't considered. And it did provide me with some new concepts and perspectives, but ultimately, I feel as ambivalent about this book as I do my job. It just didn't convince me the way I had hoped to be convinced.